Here’s the most important question you’ll get asked today:
You got a dog that barks at the UPS guy?
In lesson 3 we move on to removal-maintained behavior.
In lessons 3 and 4, we will take the perspective of the dog. Or in our case, the player.
All Bark… Because I Can’t Bite
Removal-maintained behavior is pretty easy to spot with the UPS guy.
I bark at the package driver because he is coming up to my property. I’m protecting our house and you.
I bark to suggest to the UPS guy that he should turn around.
When he drops the package off and starts walking away from the house, I firmly believe that my bark did that.
I get rewarded. That’s exactly what I wanted him to do.
Behavior gets reinforced.
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