Connecting animal trainers and behavior analysts through loopy training.
animal training
chaining
clicker training
movement cycle
shaping
Journal
Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior
ISSN: 1938-3711
Titre abrégé: J Exp Anal Behav
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0203727
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 2022
09 2022
Historique:
revised:
04
05
2022
received:
01
03
2022
accepted:
01
06
2022
pubmed:
15
6
2022
medline:
23
9
2022
entrez:
14
6
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The communities of behavior analysts and animal trainers remain relatively disconnected despite potentially beneficial links between behavioral principles and the practices of animal training. Describing existing links between research by behavior analysts and practices used by animal trainers may foster connections. In this paper, we describe an approach used by many clicker trainers, referred to as loopy training. Loopy training is a teaching process built around the concept of movement cycles. Interactions between the animal learner and the handler are refined into predictable, cyclical patterns that can be expanded into complex sequences. These sequences include cues, target responses, conditioned reinforcers, and consummatory responses. We link the foundations of loopy training to existing work in the experimental analysis of behavior, compare loopy training to other shaping approaches, and describe areas for future research. We conclude with a series of recommendations for further developing connections between behavior analysts and animal trainers, using loopy training as the foundation for our suggestions.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
237-249Informations de copyright
© 2022 Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior.
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