Prerequisites: Stimulus Control & Stimulus Discrimination and Generalization

Criteria: the ever-changing process of adjusting what you ask an animal to do. Setting and shifting criteria what you have and where you’re going. It requires the trainer to process many things at one time so he or she can make a split second decision and react practically instantaneously—and that decision/reaction cannot be too early or too late, but just on time whether delivering a primary or a conditioned reinforcer! Whew! It’s exhausting just thinking about it!

This Behavior Technology Course is all about how to set and shift criteria as you shape behavior. Then again, you can’t talk about criteria without talking about that other essential element, rate of reinforcement. But criteria and rate of reinforcement don’t mean a thing without good timing. Is it becoming clear why Behavior Technology course are not a day, a weekend, or even 3 days…