Effects of Click + Continuous Food Vs. Click + Intermittent Food on the Maintenance of Dog Behavior.

There is disagreement among clicker trainers on whether or not food should be delivered every time the clicker (conditioned reinforcer) is used. However, presenting a conditioned reinforcer without food can weaken the strength of the conditioned reinforcer and also disrupt its discriminative stimulus function. A within subjects reversal design was used with 2 dogs to compare the behavioral effects of continuous pairings (C+F condition) vs. intermittent pairings (C+C+F condition) of the clicker with food. Results show that the C+C+F condition affects the frequency, accuracy, topography, and intensity of the behavior, and increases noncompliance and other unwanted behaviors. This study adds to the literature by evaluating the effects of conditioned reinforcement in an applied setting using discrete trials without undergoing extinction.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2007

Author dc:creator

• Wennmacher, Pamela L.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Rosales Ruíz, Jesús
• Hyten, Cloyd
• Glenn, Sigrid S., 1939-

• clicker training
• conditioned reinforcer
• animal training
• dog training
• intermittent reinforcement
• Operant conditioning.
• Reinforcement (Psychology)
• Dogs -- Training.

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• Public
• Copyright
• Wennmacher, Pamela L.
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 176151178
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OAI identifier oai:identifier

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