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Walking in the Woods with Dogs by Debbie Jacobs

Walking in the Woods with Dogs by Debbie Jacobs

By Debbie Jacobs, CPDT, RBT

Insights and info about behavior from a Certified Professional Dog Trainer and Registered Behavior Technician. I am the creator of the fearfuldogs.com website a resource recommended by trainers and veterinarian behaviorists. My book, "A Guide To Living With And Training A Fearful Dog" is a must-read for anyone starting the journey of helping a dog learn to be comfortable in their world. I want to give a shout-out and thanks to the B.F. Skinner Foundation (bfskinner.org) for permission to record Science and Human Behavior. Find more books by Skinner on their site.
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Chapter 28 -Designing A Culture-Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

Walking in the Woods with Dogs by Debbie JacobsMar 20, 2024

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Chapter 28 -Designing A Culture-Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner
Mar 20, 202430:16
Chapter 27-Culture and Control- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

Chapter 27-Culture and Control- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

  • MANNERS AND CUSTOMS
  • THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT AS CULTURE
  • THE EFFECT OF CULTURE UPON BEHAVIOR
  • Work level
  • Motivation
  • Emotional dispositions
  • Repertoire
  • Self-control
  • Self-knowledge
  • Neurotic behavior
  • CULTURAL CHARACTER

Mentioned: Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen

MUSIC: Pacific Sun Nicolai Heidlas Music

Dec 03, 202329:34
How To Teach Animals by B. F. Skinner

How To Teach Animals by B. F. Skinner

Skinner, B. F. (1951). How to teach animals. Scientific American, 185(6), 26–29.

Online PDF version

https://ia800602.us.archive.org/16/items/SkinnerB.F.1938.TheBehaviorOfOrganismsAnExperimentalAnalysis/Skinner,%20B.%20F.%20(1951).%20How%20to%20teach%20animals.pdf

Nov 09, 202324:49
Chapter 26-Education-Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

Chapter 26-Education-Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

  • 28:58
  • Music: We Are One by Vexento
  • EDUCATION
  • EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES AND THEIR TECHNIQUES OF CONTROL
  • The educational institution
  • EDUCATIONAL REINFORCEMENT
  • THE BEHAVIOR RESULTING FROM EDUCATIONAL CONTROL
  • Knowledge
  • COUNTERCONTROL



Jun 28, 202328:58
Chapter 25- Economic Control- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

Chapter 25- Economic Control- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

55:18

PACIFIC SUN BY NICOLAI HEIDLAS MUSIC

Chapter 25 ECONOMIC CONTROL

  • REINFORCING BEHAVIOR WITH MONEY
  • WAGE SCHEDULES
  • Fixed ratio schedules
  • Fixed interval schedules
  • Combined schedules
  • Variable schedules
  • Differential reinforcement of quality of work
  • Extra-economic factors
  • THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF LABOR
  • BUYING AND SELLING
  • The economic value of goods
  • “ECONOMICS”
  • THE ECONOMIC AGENCY
  • COUNTERCONTROL
  • TRAINING EVENTS COMING UP! https://fearfuldogs.com/events/
May 03, 202355:19
CHAPTER 24-Psychotherapy-Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

CHAPTER 24-Psychotherapy-Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

Music: We are one by Vexento

SCIENCE AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR BY B.F.SKINNER

NARRATED BY DEBBIE JACOBS WITH PERMISSION BY THE B.F. SKINNER FOUNDATION

CHAPTER 24 PSYCHOTHERAPY

  • CERTAIN BY-PRODUCTS OF CONTROL
  • Escape
  • Revolt
  • Passive resistance
  • EMOTIONAL BY-PRODUCTS OF CONTROL
  • Fear
  • Anxiety
  • Anger or rage
  • Depression
  • SOME EFFECTS OF CONTROL UPON OPERANT BEHAVIOR
  • Drug addiction as a form of escape
  • Excessively vigorous behavior
  • Excessively restrained behavior
  • Defective stimulus control
  • Defective self-knowledge
  • Aversive self-stimulation
  • PSYCHOTHERAPY AS A CONTROLLING AGENCY
  • Diagnosis
  • Therapy
  • The nonpunishing audience
  • PSYCHOTHERAPY VERSUS RELIGIOUS AND GOVERNMENTAL CONTROL
  • TRADITIONAL INTERPRETATIONS
  • OTHER THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES
  • EXPLAINING THE PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC AGENCY
Apr 06, 202301:09:30
Chapter 23 Religion-Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

Chapter 23 Religion-Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

Music: We Are One, Vexento

https://www.youtube.com/@biophily2594

https://www.youtube.com/@b.f.skinnerfoundationvideo2294

bfskinner.org

  • Chapter 23 RELIGION
  • TECHNIQUES OF RELIGIOUS CONTROL
  • Other kinds of religious agencies
  • THE BEHAVIOR CONTROLLED BY THE RELIGIOUS AGENCY
  • EXPLAINING THE AGENCY
  • COUNTERCONTROL
  • JUSTIFICATION OF RELIGIOUS CONTROL
Jan 05, 202328:05
Chapter 22 Government and Law- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

Chapter 22 Government and Law- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

Chapter 22 Government and Law

  • CONTROLLING AGENCIES
  • THE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY
  • TECHNIQUES IN GOVERNMENTAL CONTROL
  • LAW
  • The effect of the law upon the controllee
  • The effect of the law upon the controlling agency
  • COUNTERCONTROL OF GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES
  • JUSTIFICATION OF GOVERNMENTAL PRACTICES

book mentioned in this episode Discipline and Punish: The birth of the prison by Michel Foucalt

Nov 21, 202246:53
Educational Opportunities!

Educational Opportunities!

  • https://www.facebook.com/lemonshopevt
  • https://fearfuldogs.com/animal-trainers-retreat/


CEUs available from CCPDT and IAABC.

Oct 04, 202210:09
Chapter 21 Group Control-Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

Chapter 21 Group Control-Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

Another short but thought provoking chapter


  • WHY THE GROUP EXERTS CONTROL
  • THE EFFECT OF GROUP CONTROL
  • JUSTIFICATION OF GROUP CONTROL
Sep 27, 202220:53
Chapter 20 Personal Control- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

Chapter 20 Personal Control- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

This is a short chapter and well worth listening to even if you haven't made it through the preceding chapters. 

  • CONTROL OF VARIABLES
  • TECHNIQUES OF CONTROL
  • Manipulating stimuli
  • Reinforcement as a technique of control
  • Aversive stimulation
  • Punishment
  • Pointing up contingencies of reinforcement
  • Deprivation and satiation
  • Emotion
  • The use of drugs
  • OBJECTIONS TO PERSONAL CONTROL
Jul 02, 202226:41
Sound of puppies nursing

Sound of puppies nursing

It would be interesting to compare this to the sounds of other babies nursing. 

Jun 24, 202200:25
Chapter 19 Social Behavior- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

Chapter 19 Social Behavior- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

  • THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT
  • Social reinforcement
  • The social stimulus
  • THE SOCIAL EPISODE
  • Verbal episodes
  • Unstable interaction
  • THE GROUP AS A BEHAVING UNIT
Jun 22, 202247:33
Puppies at 10 days.

Puppies at 10 days.

Lots of drama for animals who still can't see or hear. These sounds get mum's attention.

Apr 10, 202200:47
Chapter 18 The Self- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

Chapter 18 The Self- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

  • Join me at Lemon's Hope Sanctuary in southern Vermont for a hands-on, educational opportunity for animal trainers, BCBAs and Behavior Techs, who want to learn more about training, shaping, data collection and working with problem behavior in any species.
  • THE SELF AS AN ORGANIZED SYSTEM OF RESPONSES
  • The Unity Of A Self
  • Relations Among Selves
  • THE ABSENCE OF SELF-KNOWLEDGE
  • Repression
  • SYMBOLS
  • music- Pacific Sun Nicolai Heidlas Music


Feb 24, 202234:54
Chapter 17 Private Events in a Natural Science- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

Chapter 17 Private Events in a Natural Science- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

<ul>
<li>PRIVATE EVENTS IN A NATURAL SCIENCE</li>
<li>The World Within One’s Skin</li>
<li>Verbal Responses To Private Events</li>
<li>Varieties Of Private Stimulation</li>
<li>Responses To One’s Own Discriminative Behavior</li>
<li>Conditioned Seeing</li>
<li>The practical importance of conditioned seeing</li>
<li>Operant Seeing</li>
<li>Traditional Treatment Of The Problem</li>
<li>Objections to the traditional view</li>
<li>Other Proposed Solutions</li>
<li>Studying one’s own private world</li>
<li>The physiology of sensation</li>
<li>Operational definitions of sensation and image</li>
<li>The private made public</li>
</ul>
Jan 17, 202201:19:35
Chapter 16 Thinking- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

Chapter 16 Thinking- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

<ul>
<li>THE BEHAVIOR OF MAKING DECISIONS</li>
<li>ORIGIN AND MAINTENANCE OF THE BEHAVIOR OF DECIDING</li>
<li>THE BEHAVIOR OF RECALL</li>
<li>PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS</li>
<li>"HAVING AN IDEA"</li>
<li>ORIGINALITY IN IDEAS</li>
<li>Music: Pacific Sun, Nicolai Heidlas Music</li>
<li>Narration: Debbie Jacobs CPDT, RBT</li>
</ul>
Nov 03, 202147:51
Section 3- The Individual As A Whole- Chapter 15 Self Control- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

Section 3- The Individual As A Whole- Chapter 15 Self Control- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

  • SELF CONTROL
  • The "Self-Determination" Of Conduct
  • "Self-Control"
  • Techniques of Control
  • Physical restraint and physical aid.
  • Changing the stimulus.
  • Depriving and satiating.
  • Manipulating emotional conditions.
  • Using aversive stimulation.
  • Drugs.
  • Operant conditioning.
  • Punishment.
  • "Doing something else."
  • THE ULTIMATE SOUCE OF CONTROL
  • Music: Pacific Sun by Nicolai Heidlas Music


Oct 20, 202139:48
Chapter 14 The Analysis of Complex Cases- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

Chapter 14 The Analysis of Complex Cases- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

<ul>
<li>Oversimplification</li>
<li>Multiple Effects Of A Single Variable</li>
<li>Multiple Causes</li>
<li>The Practical Use Of Multiple Causation</li>
<li>Projection And Identification</li>
<li>Multiple Variables In Perception</li>
<li>Variable With Incompatible Effects</li>
<li>Algebraic Summation</li>
<li>Prepotency</li>
<li>To Do Or Not To Do</li>
<li>Chaining</li>
<li>Music: Pacific Sun by Nicolai Heidlas</li>
</ul>
Sep 28, 202101:00:38
Enrichment and Wellness Workshop
Aug 19, 202136:41
Sound Conditioning with Eileen Anderson
Aug 18, 202139:41
Chapter 13 Function Versus Aspect- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

Chapter 13 Function Versus Aspect- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

  • What Are Traits?
  •    Differences in variables
  •    Differences in processes
  • Prediction In Terms Of Traits
  • Traits Are Not Causes



Aug 09, 202129:23
Chapter 12 Punishment- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

Chapter 12 Punishment- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

<ul>
<li>Thanks for listening and please subscribe and give this podcast 5 starts to encourage others to consider that listening to Skinner is worth their time! </li>
<li>A Questionable Technique</li>
<li>Does Punishment Work?</li>
<li>The Effects of Punishment</li>
<li>A First Effect of Punishment</li>
<li>A Second Effect of Punishment</li>
<li>The Third Effect of Punishment</li>
<li>Some Unfortunate By-Products of Punishment</li>
<li>Alternatives To Punishment</li>
</ul>
Jul 25, 202133:44
Chapter 11 Aversion, Avoidance, Anxiety- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

Chapter 11 Aversion, Avoidance, Anxiety- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

<ul>
<li>Conditioned Aversive Stimuli</li>
<li>The Practical Use Of Aversive Stimuli</li>
<li>Avoidance</li>
<li>Anxiety</li>
<li>Anxiety and Anticipation</li>
<li>Anxiety Not A Cause</li>
<li>Coming up! Chapter 12 Punishment, A Questionable Technique</li>
</ul>
Jul 15, 202129:57
Chapter 10 Emotions- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

Chapter 10 Emotions- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

<ul>
<li>What is an emotion?</li>
<li>Emotion as predisposition</li>
<li>The responses which vary together in emotion</li>
<li>Emotional operations</li>
<li>The total emotion</li>
<li>Emotions are not causes</li>
<li>The practical use of emotion</li>
</ul>
Jun 21, 202129:51
Chapter 9 Satiation & Deprivation- Science & Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

Chapter 9 Satiation & Deprivation- Science & Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

<ul>
<li>Deprivation</li>
<li>Needs and Drives</li>
<li>The Practical Use of Drives</li>
<li>Some Questions Concerning Drives</li>
<li>Time As A Variable</li>
<li>The Individual And The Species</li>
<li>Summary</li>
</ul>
May 20, 202152:01
Chapter 8 The Controlling Environment-Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

Chapter 8 The Controlling Environment-Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

<ul>
<li>The Importance of the Environment</li>
<li>The Analysis of Stimuli</li>
<li>Induction</li>
<li>Discrimination</li>
<li>Abstraction</li>
<li>Some Traditional Problems in Stimulus Control; Cross-modal induction, Responding to a relation, The "interpreted" stimulus</li>
</ul>
Apr 08, 202135:08
Chapter 7 Operant Discrimination-Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

Chapter 7 Operant Discrimination-Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

<ul>
<li>In time for World Behavior Analysis Day! March 20, 2021</li>
<li>Operant Discrimination</li>
<li>Voluntary and Involuntary Behavior</li>
<li>Discriminative Repertoires</li>
<li>Drawing from Copy</li>
<li>Playing by Ear</li>
<li>Imitation</li>
<li>Attention</li>
<li>Temporal Relations Between Stimulus, Response, and Reinforcement</li>
</ul>
Mar 19, 202158:02
Chapter 6 Shaping And Maintaining Operant Behavior- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

Chapter 6 Shaping And Maintaining Operant Behavior- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

<ul>
<li>THE CONTINUITY OF BEHAVIOR</li>
<li>DIFFERENTIAL REINFORCEMENT</li>
<li>THE MAINTENANCE OF BEHAVIOR</li>
<li>INTERMITTENT REINFORCEMENT</li>
<li><strong>Interval reinforcement</strong></li>
<li><strong>Ratio reinforcement</strong></li>
<li><strong>A combined schedule</strong></li>
</ul>
Mar 11, 202144:35
Zoo Enrichment with Sara Matters

Zoo Enrichment with Sara Matters

Zoo enrichment with Sara Matters of 

mattersdogtraining.com

Sara and I visited the Zoo in Forest Park in Springfield MA. 

https://www.forestparkzoo.org/

Mar 09, 202105:29
Sound Phobias & Sensitivities With Eileen Anderson

Sound Phobias & Sensitivities With Eileen Anderson

Eileen Anderson is a highly respected contributor to the dog training community. Her website provides educational information for trainers and pet owners. I've even seen one of her training videos used an example of 'good training' at a conference for members of the ABA and behavior analysis community.

eileenanddogs.com

Sound sensitivities are considered to be medical emergencies by some veterinary behaviorists. Helping dogs change their response to specific sounds requires more than just addressing the volume, a common misunderstanding among the dog training community. 

Her website provides owners with support for addressing individual sound sensitivities in their pets. 

Soundsensitivedogs.com/sound-services

Her book Remember Me provides pet owners with a compassionate and evidence-based approach to confronting Canine Cognitive Dysfunction.

Mar 08, 202139:41
They Are Other Nations

They Are Other Nations

https://youtu.be/Z0ZcsN8sY7Y

2:14 mins

The link to the video for this blog post from my Fearful Dogs' Blog

Mar 07, 202102:14
Chapter 5 Operant Behavior- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

Chapter 5 Operant Behavior- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

<ul>
<li>We're getting into the good stuff now!</li>
<li><strong>Operant Behavior </strong></li>
<li>THE CONSEQUENCES OF BEHAVIOR</li>
<li>LEARNING CURVES</li>
<li>OPERANT CONDITIONING</li>
<li>QUANTITATIVE PROPERTIES</li>
<li>THE CONTROL OF OPERANT BEHAVIOR</li>
<li>OPERANT EXTINCTION</li>
<li><strong>The effects of extinction</strong></li>
<li>WHAT EVENTS ARE REINFORCING?</li>
<li>CONDITIONED REINFORCERS</li>
<li><strong>Generalized reinforcers</strong></li>
<li>WHY IS A REINFORCER REINFORCING?</li>
<li>ACCIDENTAL CONTINGENCIES AND "SUPERSTITIOUS" BEHAVIOR</li>
<li>GOALS, PURPOSES, AND OTHER FINAL CAUSES</li>
<li>Next up: Chapter 6 Shaping and Maintaining Operant Behaviors</li>
</ul>
Feb 28, 202101:26:38
Chapter 4 Reflexes And Conditioned Reflexes- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

Chapter 4 Reflexes And Conditioned Reflexes- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

  • This begins Section II The Analysis of Behavior 
  • MAN A MACHINE
  • REFLEX ACTION
  • THE RANGE OF REFLEX ACTION
  • CONDITIONED REFLEXES
  • THE "SURVIVAL VALUE" OF REFLEXES
  • THE RANGE OF CONDITIONED REFLEXES


Feb 17, 202142:45
Chapter 3 Why Organisms Behave- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

Chapter 3 Why Organisms Behave- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

  • SOME POPULAR "CAUSES" OF BEHAVIOR
  • INNER "CAUSES"
  • Neural causes
  • Psychic inner causes
  • Conceptual inner causes
  • THE VARIABLES OF WHICH BEHAVIOR IS A FUNCTION
  • ANALYSIS OF THE DATA



bfskinner.org

Feb 17, 202101:02:35
INTRODUCTION TO Chapter 2 A Science of Behavior- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

INTRODUCTION TO Chapter 2 A Science of Behavior- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

In this short segment I provide information about some of the terms, and references Skinner makes in this chapter. 

Feb 17, 202104:17
Chapter 2 A Science of Behavior- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

Chapter 2 A Science of Behavior- Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

<ul>
<li>Be sure to check out the INTRO to Chapter 2 for an overview of terms and references made in this chapter. </li>
<li>SOME IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS OF SCIENCE</li>
<li>BEHAVIOR AS A SCIENTIFIC SUBJECT MATTER</li>
<li>SOME OBJECTIONS TO A SCIENCE OF BEHAVIOR</li>
<li>bfskinner.org</li>
</ul>
Feb 17, 202130:04
Chapter 1 Can Science Help? - Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

Chapter 1 Can Science Help? - Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

  • Section I The Possibility of A Science of Human Behavior
  • THE MISUSE OF SCIENCE
  • SCIENCE AS A CORRECTIVE
  • THE THREAT TO FREEDOM
  • THE PRACTICAL ISSUE
  • The B.F. Skinner Foundation gave me permission to read, record and share Science and Human Behavior, first published in 1953 and which lay the groundwork for Radical Behaviorism. 
  • The description of this book on Amazon states "The psychology classic—a detailed study of scientific theories of human nature and the possible ways in which human behavior can be predicted and controlled—from one of the most influential behaviorists of the twentieth century and the author of Walden Two."
  • bfskinner.org


Feb 17, 202130:47