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What Makes Someone a “Clicker Trainer” ?
What makes someone a clicker trainer as opposed to someone who trains with a clicker in their hand? Let me start by giving a definition of clicker training (as defined by Karen Pryor, KPCT); “Clicker training” is an animal training … Continue reading
What is a Clicker Trainer ?
What is a Clicker Trainer ? What is clicker training? A question I am asked almost daily is “what is clicker training?”. It’s a fairly straight forward question, and as my experience, knowledge and understanding of clicker training and the … Continue reading
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Why clicking and correction don’t mix
The Poisoned Cue: Positive and Negative Discriminative Stimuli By Karen Pryor on 06/25/2002 Why clicking and correction don’t mix Behavior analysts refer to a learned stimulus that triggers an operant behavior as a ‘discriminative stimulus.’ The behaviorists do not, as … Continue reading
Understanding Some Learning Theory – Positive and Negative Reinforcement
Clicker Training Horses Positive and Negative Reinforcement When Skinner defined the 4 quadrants of operant conditioning all those years ago (early 1930s) he noted that positive reinforcement is superior to punishment in changing behavior from an ethical and efficacy … Continue reading
