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RELATIVE EFFICACY OF HUMAN SOCIAL INTERACTION AND FOOD AS REINFORCERS FOR DOMESTIC DOGS AND HAND-REARED WOLVES.

Despite the intimate relationship dogs share with humans in Western society, we know relatively little about the variables that produce and maintain dog social behavior towards humans. One possibility is that human social interaction is itself a reinforcer for dog behavior. As an initial assessment...

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Published in:Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior Vol. 98; no. 1; pp. 105 - 130
Main Authors: FEUERBACHER, ERICA N., WYNNE, CLIVE D. L.
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jul2012
Subjects:
Social interaction
Human-animal relationships
Reinforcement (Psychology)
Operant conditioning
Dog behavior
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