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Learning Resistance to Pain and Fear: Effects of Overlearning, Exposure, and Rewarded Exposure in Context, Miller

Source Neal E. Miller (1960). Learning Resistance to Pain and Fear: Effects of Overlearning, Exposure, and Rewarded Exposure in Context. Journal of Experimental Psychology. 60(3), 137–145. Research article: experiments with rats. Read the source PDF. Historical…

Long-term partial reinforcement extinction effect and long-term partial punishment effect in a one-trial-a-day paradigm, Shemer and Feldon

Source Anne Shemer and Joram Feldon (1984). Long-term partial reinforcement extinction effect and long-term partial punishment effect in a one-trial-a-day paradigm. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society. 22(3), 221–224. Research article: experiments with rats. Original publication ·…

Recovery of Responses During Mild Punishment, Rachlin

Source Howard Rachlin (1966). Recovery of Responses During Mild Punishment. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 9(3), 251–263. Research article: experiments with pigeons. Read the source PDF. Historical laboratory research with pigeons, not a dog-training…

Clinical signs caused by the use of electric training collars on dogs in everyday life situations, E. Schalke, J. Stichnoth, S. Ott, R. Jones-Baade

Publication E. Schalke, J. Stichnoth, S. Ott, and R. Jones-Baade. Clinical signs caused by the use of electric training collars on dogs in everyday life situations. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 105:369–380 (2007; available online 11 December…

Training dogs with help of the shock collar: short and long term behavioural effects.

Publication Matthijs B. H. Schilder and Joanne A. M. van der Borg. Training dogs with help of the shock collar: short and long term behavioural effects. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 85:319–334 (2004). [12] DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2003.10.004 Author…

Efficacy of Dog Training With and Without Remote Electronic Collars vs. a Focus on Positive Reinforcement

Publication Lucy China, Daniel S. Mills, and Jonathan J. Cooper. Efficacy of Dog Training With and Without Remote Electronic Collars vs. a Focus on Positive Reinforcement. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 7:508 (2020). [13] DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00508 Author…

The Combination of Appetitive and Aversive Reinforcers and the Nature of Their Interaction During Auditory Learning by Ilango et al. (2010)

Publication A. Ilango, W. Wetzel, H. Scheich, and F. W. Ohl. The Combination of Appetitive and Aversive Reinforcers and the Nature of Their Interaction During Auditory Learning. Neuroscience 166:752–762 (2010). [15] DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.01.010 Site summary —…

Traumatic Avoidance Learning: Acquisition in Normal Dogs, Solomon and Wynne (1953)

Publication Richard L. Solomon and Lyman C. Wynne. Traumatic Avoidance Learning: Acquisition in Normal Dogs. Psychological Monographs: General and Applied 67(4), Whole No. 354 (1953). [16] Site summary — not the original abstract In this 1953…

Fixed-Ratio Punishment, N. H. Azrin, W. C. Holz, and D. F. Hake

Publication N. H. Azrin, W. C. Holz, and D. F. Hake. Fixed-Ratio Punishment. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior 6(2) (1963). [17] Site summary — not the original abstract Azrin, Holz, and Hake studied seven…

Discriminative Properties of Punishment by William C. Holz and Nathan H. Azrin

Publication William C. Holz and Nathan H. Azrin. Discriminative Properties of Punishment. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior 4(3):225–232 (1961). DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1961.4-225. [18] Site summary — not the original abstract Holz and Azrin studied three…

Negative Effects of Positive Reinforcement, Michael Perone 2003

Publication Michael Perone. Negative Effects of Positive Reinforcement. The Behavior Analyst 26:1–14 (2003). [23] Summary of the author’s argument — paraphrase, not the original abstract Procedures classified as positive reinforcement are generally regarded as more desirable…

Comparison of the Efficacy and Welfare of Different Training Methods in Stopping Chasing Behavior in Dogs, Johnson, A.C., & Wynne, C.D.L. (2024)

Publication Anamarie C. Johnson and Clive D. L. Wynne. Comparison of the Efficacy and Welfare of Different Training Methods in Stopping Chasing Behavior in Dogs. Animals 14:2632 (2024). [24] DOI: 10.3390/ani14182632 Site summary — not the…

Positive and Negative Reinforcement, a Distinction That Is No Longer Necessary; Or a Better Way to Talk about Bad Things — Jack Michael (1975)

Publication Jack Michael. Positive and Negative Reinforcement, a Distinction That Is No Longer Necessary; Or a Better Way to Talk about Bad Things. Behaviorism 3(1):33–44 (1975). [25] JSTOR record Site summary — not the original abstract…