Running Out of Time: Introducing Behaviorology to Help Solve Global Problems - Hardcover

LeDoux, Stephen

 
9781927744024: Running Out of Time: Introducing Behaviorology to Help Solve Global Problems

Synopsis

While this book is really about human behavior, dog trainers will gain new insights into how to affect animal behavior by understanding the science of Behaviorology. Using concepts including "shaping" "reinforcement" and "extinction" learn about the science underlying dog training.

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Review

Clearly the great work of understanding human behavior underlies most of the other great works of

our time. What importance may be placed on our behavior, as a people, as we deal with climate

change, the availability of fresh water, appropriate health care, or wars? Behaviorology, as a natural

science, offers us hope and new approaches to understan -- Dr. William Trumble, "Ph.D. Biologist, Professor, University of New Hampshire"

Behaviorology helps us succeed in endeavors from training a dog to sit on cue to getting humans to

recycle and live sustainably. By familiarizing ourselves with this science, we are not only better able

to engage in effective and efficient animal training projects, we are also in a position to help create a

better world for both us and our animal f -- James O'Heare, "author of Aggressive Behavior in Dogs and several other best selling books"

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