Increasing Non-Food Footprints! Decreasing food in the footprints is the most difficult part of tracking training and is the reason most people don’t like to use food for operant conditioning on the track. At first, you decrease the food pace by pace. The most important concept to remember is to increase the number of non-food […]
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14 Steps to Using Behavior Shaping
Behavior shaping is a process used in operant conditioning by which successive approximations of a target behavior are reinforced. Behavior shaping is a powerful tool when it’s used correctly. We have created a quick synopsis of the basic principles of behavior shaping. Following each principle of behavior shaping are detailed instructions and examples. To break […]