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Reinforcement Training

A reinforcer is anything that when paired with a behavior tends to increase the chances that the behavior will occur again. There are two main types of reinforcers: positive and negative. A positive...

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Critiquing the Cesar Millan Critics

Cesar Millan is perhaps the most recognizable and easily the most successful dog expert in the world. As always, with great popularity comes great criticism. It seems that people basically fall into two...

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Simple Psychology

There are several methods available to us that are used in studying human behavior, naturalistic observation, correlation research, survey research, and the experimental method. If I were going to partake in...

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The Cause of Declining Customer Service

Using the "scare tactic" to motivate employees to produce is degrading, counterproductive, and devaluing. This is a subject that's been bugging me for a long time. I can't get over how some businesses are...

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Untraining Your Dog's Behaviors

There are eight methods a trainer can chose from when untraining a behavior. Four of the methods are negative and four are positive, and not all of the methods are fair to the subject. This is the most extreme...

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That Shower In The Huachuca Mountains Might Not Mean Rain At Our Camp Today, But IT COULD HAPPEN ANY TIME.64

AdSense: The Power Of Intermittent Reinforcement In Action

One key element driving the Google AdSense program ever onward and upward is the principle of intermittent reinforcement. My college degree, not counting auto mechanics, auctioneering, truck driving school,...

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How San Andreas Saved My Life: A Tale of Recovery

Quitting alcohol was an extremely hard process, for me at least. Time and time again I would take "just one drink" after being suckered into it by a neurological subroutine that was attempting to preserve...

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Alter Other’s Behaviour-- A simple method

Altering other’s behavior is sometimes a very necessary procedure for our comfort and wellbeing. Within the confines of Psychology there are some very sophisticated methods for changing other’s...

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Dog Training Techniques

Dogs do what they do - they pee, poop, bark, lick, chew, whine, scratch, sniff, jump, and run around like there is no tomorrow. They do what comes naturally to them and they don't figure out how to behave on...

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Mirrors: An Exercise In Futility? Yes and No...

I am not the first person to bring this up I'm sure, so bear with me if you have seen the topic before or if it was in a video, etc. There are two sides to mirroring videos. Input from all of you, especially...

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