If a cat loves his regular food, you can
use that as a reinforcer.
Brushing may be
used as a reinforcer for cats who enjoy being groomed.
Whatever your dog loves enough to work for,
use it as a reinforcer!
To start, determine what you are going to
use as a reinforcer / motivator.
Used as a reinforcer, food can create brand new behaviors, and build complex chains of behaviors.
Not exact matches
I
use candy, cereals, and crackers
as reinforcers.
It's a very strong material that is also highly conductive, so people try to
use it for composite material applications
as a mechanical
reinforcer or to enhance conductivity.
When I was a principal, I frequently reminded teachers to
use me
as a «motivator» and a «
reinforcer.»
If you are
using food
as a
reinforcer, it needs to be something extraordinary.
What does this patient enjoy that could be
used as a possible distractor during a procedure or
reinforcer after the procedure?
Rewards are
used in the training process
as reinforcers, not
as bribes — there is a more detailed explanation here https://thehappypuppysite.com/reinforcement-in-dog-training/ Hope you find it helpful
Training Secondary
Reinforcers You can train a secondary
reinforcer (pretty much anything else the dog learns to love), but that will likely involved
using food for at least part of the training
as you have to pair the new
reinforcer with a primary one many times so it now has a new meaning for the dog.
My main issue with
using 100 % positive reinforcement
as always been the competing
reinforcers idea and the diminished appeal idea.
It tends to get lumped in with Force Free training since it relies on a conditioned
reinforcer, but balanced trainers
use it
as well.
When
using food
as a
reinforcer, it is best to feed the cat meals on a schedule instead of free feeding.
Or,
use favorite toys or playtime
as reinforcers.
You can
use anything he likes
as a
reinforcer.
If one of the cats had hearing challenges, I would have
used a quick flash from a flashlight
as the secondary
reinforcer.
Very tasty food treats are the primary
reinforcers at first because they are easy to
use but many, many other reinforcements are
used as well - from squeaky toys to playing games.
Studies have shown that praise alone is not sufficiently valuable to dogs, to be
used as a behavioral
reinforcer.
Food is the most commonly
used reinforcer, but it is not the only effective one, and some pets will value a different
reinforcer, such
as a toy or a game, more than
Parents who
use authoritative child rearing practices often
use positive
reinforcers, such
as praise, approval, and rewards, to increase the child's compliance with behavioral standards.
It teaches parents traditional play - therapy skills to
use as social
reinforcers of positive child behavior and traditional behavior management skills to decrease negative child behavior.