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Episode 145: When "Helping the Animal" Hurts the Behavior
After a discussion of the current global makeup of our listenership (based on some very dubious analytics), Ari and Chris (and Ari's dog, Archer) dig into the following training-related statement: "sometimes when we try to help the animal, we hurt the behavior." This chat goes all sorts of places, including...
The problems with prompts
The relationship between persistance and resiliency
The roles that biology and control (maybe) play in intrinsic reinforcement
Motivation's role in "grit"
The importance of getting out of the way
The importance of consistency in building new behaviors
Why no…
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