Comments on: B.F. Skinner and Shaping Behaviors.

By: Clicker Training Doggie Zen (videos) | Stale Cheerios

Clicker Training Doggie Zen (videos) | Stale Cheerios — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:27:34 +0000

[...] pretty hard to me! However, the key to Zen, as with anything else you want to teach your dog, is to shape the behavior gradually. You don’t start out by asking the dog to leave along a treat on the couch for 30 [...]

By: Kenton

Kenton — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:11:35 +0000

It made me think. How long would it have taken Koehler to trained something like in the video?

By: Mary H.

Mary H. — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:12:19 +0000

cutecute28–

This is not actually my dog, but a video from youtube that I really like.

Here’s some info about my dog, if you’re interested!
http://stalecheerios.com/blog/meet-the-animals/ginger/

cheers,
Mary H.

By: cutecute28

cutecute28 — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:37:48 +0000

Hi is this your dog ? Very well taken care off. Well groomed too.

By: Philosopher

Philosopher — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:12:49 +0000

Nice blog. Keep up the good work.

By: Mary H.

Mary H. — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:07:08 +0000

Hi Richard,

I love “Don’t Shoot the Dog.” I think it’s a great, easy to understand introduction to Skinner’s ideas and the study of behavior. Besides being informative, Karen Pryor also does a good job of keeping the chapters interesting and fun.

I’ve only read the updated edition, which I hear is slightly different from the original. I’m currently reading Karen Pryor’s “Lads Before the Wind,” which is her narrative of her early days dolphin training in the 60s and 70s. It’s a fascinating look at how she first explored the principles of operant conditioning.

Mary H.

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:52:15 +0000

Enjoyed the Skinner “refresher” here. Hard to believe I spent a few days explaining Skinner to my high school psych classes – this was in the late 1970s. I ran into Skinner theory again when I began to learn about performance-based training, as applied to corporate training and interpreted by Robert Mager, a student of Skinner.

In Mager’s workshop I was introduced to Don’t Shoot the Dog by Karen Pryor. I assume you are acquainted with this little gem? I see on Amazon that she updated the book in 2002, but I had read the first edition.