title: Using learning theory in animal behavior therapy practice.
abstract: This article reviews the principles of learning and how they can be employed in the scientific validation of animal behavior therapy. The nature of learned behavior is reviewed at a practical level. General programs for increasing and decreasing a behavior are described, along with guidelines for considering and assessing their efficacy in any given situation.
authors.affiliation: School of Agriculture and Horticulture, De Montfort University Lincoln, Caythorpe, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Mills
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001066:Appetite / Q000502:physiology; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D004285:Dogs / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology*; D007858:Learning