Positive Reinforcement, Negative Reinforcement, Positive Punishment and Negative Reinforcement: You may have heard these terms thrown around, but they're often misused or little understood. Together, they describe four different ways all animals learn by consequences-- aka, Operant Conditioning. In a rush to put up a podcast episode while her young baby naps, Annie challenges herself to describe each "quadrant" of Operant Conditioning in two and a half minutes.
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Phoebe controls the TV with her eyes
Operant conditioning explained in Little Golden Books
Operant conditioning explained on The Big Bang Theory
Being BF Skinner's Daughter
6 ways in which dogs and humans are exactly alike
A dog trainer's view of evolution
Episode 42: Let's talk about dog breeding with Cherrie Mahon
Episode 44: Are you talking to your socks? Marie Kondo, Cesar Millan & training humans with snake oil
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