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Forward | 1 | |
Introduction | 2 | |
A Few Comments About The Book | 4 | |
What is Learning? | 5 | |
What is Learning Theory? | 6 | |
Knowing Versus Doing | 6 | |
Motivation | 7 | |
The Four Stages of Learning | 9 | |
A Bit of History | 12 | |
Why Study Animals? | 12 | |
The Story of Clever Hans | 13 | |
The Principle of Parsimony | 14 | |
The Science of Behaviorism | 15 | |
The Lingo | 17 | |
Psychological Jargon | 17 | |
Classical Conditioning | 20 | |
What Goes With What? | 20 | |
Operant Conditioning | 25 | |
Does What I Do Affect What Happens To Me? | 25 | |
The Four Possibilities | 27 | |
Positive Reinforcement | 27 | |
Negative Reinforcement | 27 | |
Positive Punishment | 28 | |
Negative Punishment | 28 | |
Classical or Operant Behavior? | 29 | |
Single-Event Learning | 34 | |
What's Important in my World? | 34 | |
Sensitization | 36 | |
Habituation or Sensitization? | 37 | |
Adaptation | 38 | |
Learned Irrelevance | 39 | |
Factors that Affect Learning | 42 | |
Deprivation Level | 42 | |
The Reward | 44 | |
Contrast Effects, Jackpots, and Reinforcer Sampling | 45 | |
Novelty | 49 | |
Timing | 49 | |
Classical Conditioning | 49 | |
Operant Conditioning | 51 | |
Primary and Secondary Reinforcers | 52 | |
Establishing a Conditioned Reinforcer | 55 | |
Schedules of Reinforcement | 57 | |
The Different Types of Schedules | 57 | |
Ratio Schedules | 60 | |
Interval Schedules | 62 | |
Differential Reinforcement Schedules | 65 | |
Duration Schedules | 67 | |
Which Reinforcement Schedule Should You Use? | 69 | |
What About Reinforcement Schedules in Classical Conditioning? | 72 | |
Premack's Theory of Reinforcement | 73 | |
Stimulus (Signal) Control | 77 | |
Discrimination and Generalization | 78 | |
A Package of Stimuli | 81 | |
Which Stimuli will the Dog Learn About? | 82 | |
Salience and Overshadowing | 83 | |
Blocking | 85 | |
The Reliability of the S[superscript D] | 87 | |
Context Effects | 89 | |
What About Teaching A Discrimination? | 90 | |
Is There a More Efficient Way? | 92 | |
Errorless Discrimination Learning | 94 | |
Can Dogs Learn Scent Discrimination With an Errorless Procedure? | 95 | |
Preparedness | 97 | |
Discrimination or Reflexive Behavior? | 99 | |
Learning Sets | 100 | |
Experimental Neuroses | 101 | |
Extinction | 103 | |
Is Extinction Unlearning? | 103 | |
The Partial Reinforcement Extinction Effect | 105 | |
Aversive Control of Behavior | 108 | |
Negative Reinforcement | 108 | |
Electronic Collars and Avoidance Responding | 113 | |
Extinction of Avoidance Responding | 116 | |
Species-Specific Defense Reactions | 117 | |
Positive Punishment | 119 | |
Considerations on the Use of Punishment | 119 | |
How Strong Should a Punisher Be? | 119 | |
How Important is the Immediacy of Punishment? | 120 | |
What is the Right Punishment Schedule? | 122 | |
Does it Matter What the Punisher is? | 122 | |
Does Punishment Teach the Animal What is Should do? | 122 | |
Is Punishment Subject to Stimulus Control? | 123 | |
Punishment is Rewarding to the User | 124 | |
Behavior that Persists Despite Punishment | 124 | |
What's the Scoop on Using Punishment? | 126 | |
Noncontingent Aversive Stimuli | 128 | |
Negative Punishment | 130 | |
The Application of Learning Principles to Changing Behavior (A.K.A. Behavior Modification Techniques) | 133 | |
Teaching New Behaviors | 133 | |
Shaping by Successive Approximations | 134 | |
Prompting | 139 | |
Chaining | 143 | |
Autoshaping | 147 | |
Modifying Existing Behaviors | 149 | |
Conditioned Emotional Responses | 149 | |
Counterconditioning and Desensitization | 150 | |
Flooding/Response Prevention | 152 | |
Taste Aversion Learning | 154 | |
Some Common Behavior Problems | 157 | |
Phobias | 157 | |
Separation Anxiety | 160 | |
Interdog Aggression | 161 | |
Aggression Toward People | 162 | |
Social Learning | 166 | |
Social Facilitation | 166 | |
Stimulus or Local Enhancement | 168 | |
Imitation | 169 | |
Conclusion | 170 | |
References and Recommended Readings | 171 |
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