Don't Shoot the Dog! The New Art of Teaching and Training
Автор:Karen Pryor Год: 1999 Издание:Bantam Страниц: 224 ISBN: 0553380397 Better Way to Better Behavior. Karen Pryor's clear and entertaining explanation of behavioral training methods made Don't Shoot the Dog! a bestselling classic. Now this revised edition presents more of her insights into animal-and human-behavior. A groundbreaking behavioral scientist and dynamic animal trainer, Karen Pryor is a powerful proponent of the principles and practical uses of positive reinforcement in teaching new behaviors. Here are the secrets of changing behavior in pets, kids-even yourself-without yelling, threats, force, punishment, guilt trips...or shooting the dog: The principles of the revolutionary "clicker training" method, which owes its phenomenal success to its immediacy of response-so there is no question what action you are rewarding; 8 methods of ending undesirable habits-from furniture-clawing cats to sloppy roommates; The 10 laws of "shaping" behavior-for results without strain or pain through "affection...
