... http://education.calumet.purdue.edu/vockell/EdPsyBook/Edpsy5/Edpsy5_intr ... The URL is too long for Yahoo to complete as a link. You have to copy the...
Intrinsic Motivation Some theorists (e.g., Combs, 1982; Purkey & Schmidt, 1987; Purkey & Stanley, 1991) maintain that there is only a single kind of intrinsic ...
... Yes, they did. What a way to start a new year! The second article makes some sense in terms of *learning* but not (to me anyway) of performing known...
... One of the conundrums of this topic, is most of the research deals with human subjects. We even assign "value" to IR. The horse, we know to be an animal...
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Beyond Basics: Equine Clicker TrainingWe'll see what the experts say. But, I think I'm using a classically conditioned cue. Simple Skinner salivation. But,...
... If intrinsic R is a subjective internal state, let's say calmness, and the horse can generalize calmness to a task or environment that has a low...
http://www.easycareinc.com/education/articles/problem_hooves.aspx Perhaps this does connect in when you consider if the animal is being resistant to training...
Beyond Basics: Equine Clicker Training"My conclusion is that there is no such thing as intrinsic motivating because it is all about surviving and all the other...
... Exactly! In fact, when we have trouble training an animal, often it is because we have not yet met some basic need (whether physical, mental or emotional)...
Cool! Raccoons need to 'find' their food. Border Collies need to gather. Here's a thought I've been working on. What is an IR for the horse? Grazing I...
... to move.....< Probably a lot in the movement category, especially for stalled horses, likely a more significant NEED. For horses who cannot adapt ...
... of the social interaction. They are SO socially-needy, that they are more than willing to engage with us for work that they may not actually *like* doing,...
Exatamondo! This is one of the problems i had with the parrots. Without realizing it I was putting my mammal need to cuddle and pet onto a bird where that...
... change the parameters of that species actions. How much can they step into our world and how much can we step into theirs. Did anyone read the article i...
I found a article called Externally Reinforcing an Intrinsically Reinforced Behavior by Melissa Alexander that may be of interest to our current topic. ...
... Thanks Neil :) I have a different issue with ER. In some cases it interferes with the outcome of an exercise that should be IR, and then I have no way to...
... and I stop the horse within the exercise, if the work is correct, the feedback to me should be a desire to let the head and neck sink, stretching the...
... exercise is done [probably with minimum effort] by the horse to get to the cookie. Lure dependant behavior. You would loose the aesthetic quality and [I...
... exercise (in-hand), I can assume the exercise is not yet achieving the benefit (IR) it can When I do in-hand work with my horse, he drops, becomes erect...
... sometimes ... Sure, but the outcome of the exercises should be to stretch, umm....different muscles :) than the one your horse is. This is a good question...
... counter-productive? << I'd like to check my understanding of the question....... if the click/treat sequence (+ER) creates an IR (masturbation), what do we...
... do we do to change the outcome? ... of a training session....I would reduce the quality of the treat or change the Rate of Reinforcement, or simply change...
Beyond Basics: Equine Clicker Training"Part of the value of gymnastic work is that it should generate it's own IR. The pats and cookies and 'good boys' are all...
Did Lance know when you were going to a competitive ride? did he get excited in any good way? did he seem to enjoy it? was it fun for both of you? That is...
... The "correct work' IS the IR. In my experience, when I have set my colt up to understand criteria of 'go' and to turn and so on, a LOT of the foundation...
... This is the part of c/t specifically that eludes me, because I do not feel I could live long enough to test it out and get the same 'correct' [for the...