Karen Pryor on Behavior: Essays & Research
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Karen Pryor on Behavior: Essays & Research

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Paperback, 405 pages
Published April 28th 1994 by Sunshine Books (MA) (first published 1994)
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Elizabeth
Elizabeth rated it 2 of 5 stars
Shelves: science
This book was kind of disappointing. This is a collection of papers and essays written by Karen Pryor. I believed it was going to be more about training. Most of it is but some of it is about her book "nursing you baby". There are a few other subjects mentioned that don't involve training or dolphins or anything I am interested in. I think I was disappointed mostly by the fact that it was not what I thought it was going to be. Everything was informative but not something I would ...more
Farmerlaura
Farmerlaura rated it 4 of 5 stars
Shelves: animals
Not the easiest read, but so many great nuggets buried within.
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Karen Pryor is a behavioral biologist with an international reputation in two fields, marine mammal biology and behavioral psychology. She is a founder and leading proponent of "clicker training," a training system based on operant conditioning (isolate wanted behaviors and ignore the unwanted) and the all-positive methods developed by marine mammal trainers. Clicker training is not in u...more
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Don't Shoot the Dog! Reaching the Animal Mind: The Clicker Training Method and What It Teaches Us About All Animals (t) Getting Started: Clicker Training for Dogs (Getting Started) Nursing Your Baby: Revised Getting Started: Clicker Training for Cats

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