Reaching the Animal Mind: Clicker Training Method and What It Teaches Us About All Animals - Rilegato

Pryor, Karen

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ISBN 10: 0743297768 ISBN 13: 9780743297769

Casa editrice: Scribner, 2009

Riassunto

The behavioral biologist and author of Don't Shoot the Dog! outlines her non-punitive animal training method that has become popular with animal handlers throughout the world, recounting the success stories of such examples as a surfing pony, a police dog, and depressed Philadelphia Zoo birds.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Karen Pryor is a behavioral biologist with an international reputation in marine mammal biology and behavioral psychology. She is a founder and leading proponent of “clicker training,” a training system based on operant conditioning and the all-positive methods developed by marine mammal trainers. In addition to her bestselling Don’t Shoot the Dog!, Pryor is the author of Nursing Your Baby, as well as several other books and many sci- entific papers and articles on learning and behavior. Karen has three grown children and lives in Boston with two clicker-trained dogs and a clicker- trained cat.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Scribner
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0743297768
• ISBN 13: 9780743297769
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 258
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile