Using learning theory in animal behavior therapy practice.
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.
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School of Agriculture and Horticulture, De Montfort University Lincoln, Caythorpe, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.
D000818:Animals; D001066:Appetite / Q000502:physiology; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D004285:Dogs / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology*; D007858:Learning