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What people get wrong when they say “my dog knows the behavior”

Operant conditioning is one of the most widely used concepts in dog training, yet it is often misunderstood. This video breaks down common misconceptions around rewards, corrections, and timing that ...
WebMD

Operant Conditioning: What It Is and How It Works

Operant conditioning, sometimes called instrumental conditioning or Skinnerian conditioning, is a method of learning that uses rewards and punishment to modify behavior. Through operant conditioning, ...
Animal Welfare Institute

Martinez de Andino, E. V., McDonnell, S. M. 2017. Evaluation of operant learning in young foals using target training. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 193, 67-72.

The primary purpose of this study was to characterize operant learning performance of young foals. For each of 26 foals, aged 6–20 weeks, learning performance was quantitatively evaluated in a single ...
Animal Welfare Institute

Egeler, J. L., Hoekwater, S., Hoffman, H. D. 2010. Operant training differences between male and female group-housed nonhuman primates. American Association for Laboratory ...

Operant training of animals is a widely accepted practice for training or conditioning animals to cooperate with technical procedures or perform certain tasks in a laboratory setting. This type of ...
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What trainers actually mean by the "four quadrants" of learning

Many dog owners use training terms without fully understanding what they mean. This episode breaks down the four quadrants of ...