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Puppies At 10 Days


Puppies At 10 Days

April 10, 2022
1:23

Sound of Puppies Nursing


Sound of Puppies Nursing

June 24, 2022
1:02

Chapter 20: Science and Human Behavior


Personal Control

This is a short chapter and well worth listening to even if you haven’t made it through the preceding chapters.

  • CONTROL OF VARIABLES
  • TECHNIQUES OF CONTROL
  • Manipulating stimuli
  • Reinforcement as a technique of control
  • Aversive stimulation
  • Punishment
  • Pointing up contingencies of reinforcement
  • Deprivation and satiation
  • Emotion
  • The use of drugs
  • OBJECTIONS TO PERSONAL CONTROL

July 2, 2022
20:17

Chapter 19: Science and Human Behavior

Social Behavior

  • THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT
  • Social reinforcement
  • The social stimulus
  • THE SOCIAL EPISODE
  • Verbal episodes
  • Unstable interaction
  • THE GROUP AS A BEHAVING UNIT

June 22, 2022
47:33

Chapter 18: Science and Human Behavior 


The Self

  • Join me at Lemon’s Hope Sanctuary in southern Vermont for a hands-on, educational opportunity for animal trainers, BCBAs and Behavior Techs, who want to learn more about training, shaping, data collection and working with problem behavior in any species.
  • THE SELF AS AN ORGANIZED SYSTEM OF RESPONSES
  • The Unity Of A Self
  • Relations Among Selves
  • THE ABSENCE OF SELF-KNOWLEDGE
  • Repression
  • SYMBOLS
  • music- Pacific Sun Nicolai Heidlas Music

Music- Pacific Sun Nicolai Heidlas Music

February 24, 2022
34:54

Chapter 17: Science and Human Behavior


Private Events in a Natural Science

  • The World Within One’s Skin
  • Verbal Responses To Private Events
  • Varieties Of Private Stimulation
  • Responses To One’s Own Discriminative Behavior
  • Conditioned Seeing
  • The practical importance of conditioned seeing
  • Operant Seeing
  • Traditional Treatment Of The Problem
  • Objections to the traditional view
  • Other Proposed Solutions
  • Studying one’s own private world
  • The physiology of sensation
  • Operational definitions of sensation and image
  • The private made public

January 17, 2022
01:19:35

Behavior is Lawful.

These words changed the world of dog training for me. 
Find out how these three simple words can change everything for you too.

Who is Debbie Jacobs, CPDT-KA, RBT?

Debbie Jacobs is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer and Registered Behavior Technician. She is the author of A Guide To Living With and Training A Fearful Dog, and Does My Dog Need Prozac? She has provided evidence-based information for owners, trainers, and veterinarians since 2007 and this website is recommended as a resource by veterinary behaviorists. She is recognized internationally for her commitment to helping animals struggling with fear-based behavior challenges, and educating on best practices in training. Learn more

Behavior is Lawful.

These words changed the world of dog training for me. 
Find out how these three simple words can change everything for you too.