If children are enjoying the shared experience of eating together with their parents in the modelling situation, then it is possible that these positive emotions could
serve as a reinforcer for the trying of new foods.
Depending on a given student's willingness to work for it, a reward might or might not
function as a reinforcer in the classroom.
Therefore, we can not say that all dogs need to be trained with a particular type of food, or that having tugs of war with the dog will work
as reinforcers in each case.
Alternatively, if the cat did not display a preference (did not choose either food), the trainer arbitrarily chose the food to be offered
as the reinforcer during the pre-assessment.
My chosen word is «dygtig,» (which means «clever» or «competent» in Danish) as I find that the sound of it works
efficiently as a reinforcer.
When using
food as a reinforcer, it is best to feed the cat meals on a schedule instead of free feeding.
Skinner knew that a corrected paper seen 24 hours later could not
serve as a reinforcer, and did not present a good scenario for learning.
This resource contains activity options that students can select during free times or
as a reinforcer during preferred activity time.
If a cat loves his regular food, you can use
that as a reinforcer.
Whatever your dog loves enough to work for, use
it as a reinforcer!
Used
as a reinforcer, food can create brand new behaviors, and build complex chains of behaviors.
And of course she now accepts food
as a reinforcer, but her first choice is always a toy.
(Boogie is all of the above) Similarly with «touch»
as a reinforcer.