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 one should be running backstage at a bird show
If you have thoughts on this - or any other - subject and would like to share with the rest of the class, email us at podcast@naturalencounters.com!