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86Reinforcement 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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75Critiquing 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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72Simple 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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71The 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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76Untraining 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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64AdSense: 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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58How 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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52Alter 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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69Dog 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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65Mirrors: 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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