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Post by Admin on Nov 16, 2014 0:16:47 GMT
Share the results from your personal behavioural experiment.
What behaviour(s) were you trying to change? Who was the target of this change?
What behaviourist measures did you take - positive or negative reinforcement, reward or punishment?
What, if any, changes did you observe?
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Post by Tanya on Nov 25, 2014 16:02:31 GMT
This week, I have been in my basement office quite a bit. My dogs like to join me and they spend their time curled up on a recliner snoozing. Whenever I get up to go upstairs, naturally they want to follow. The problem is that one of my dogs has a sore leg, so I want her to stay put, especially if I am just going upstairs to get something and I'm coming right back down. So I have been telling them both to "stay". Now, I am no Cesar Millan, so that command rarely works for longer than 10 seconds. So I've been doing the following:
1. I keep repeating the command as I go up the stairs. (Cueing.)
2. When I come back down, if they are still in place, I say "Good stay" and give them a treat. (Positive reinforcement.)
Today, I just said the "Stay" command once and when I came back down with my coffee, there they were still on the recliner. I was thrilled!
I guess the constant cueing is no longer necessary, so I can fade it out. I was very impressed that this worked! :-)
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