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INTRODUCTION:
Welcome to RandomRewarding.com. This webpage is
dedicated to the average person with a pet parrot who
wants to have a better relationship with them through
training. The articles, videos, photos and various other
aspects of this site have all been personally studied,
experienced, and/or read from various scientific studies
- and have been translated specifically for you.
We catch a lot of crap from the scientific community because of
the way we word things, which is great because you get to benefit from it. We
take the crap, and you get the knowledge. My personal motto is, "Forget the
politics,I like to focus on what works!"
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“It shouldn’t matter much whether some professor of
psychology with lots of letters after his name looks
down his nose as to what we are discussing as over
simplistic, let’s you and I focus on the most important
point; ‘What works.’ And I can assure you, what we are
discussing here has worked for thousands and thousands
and thousands of people, and will work for you.”
– Maxwell Maltz, M.D., F.I.C.S
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You see, our job is to translate this scientific lingo so that an
average person with little-to-no training knowledge can
actually use the stuff that scientist have spent so many
years developing, that remains encoded in their secret
language.
So let me share a partially
translated educational message as a scientist:
Train a Tursiops truncatus to exhibit the full forward
lateral rotation behavior while on a fixed schedule of
reinforcement versus a variable ratio of reinforcement
variety. Remember to always follow antecedent, behavior,
consequence. At first you will start with a frequency
reinforcement schedule of one, and progress to a
variable rate of reinforcement.
In layman's english, it means the
following:
Train a dolphin to do a front flip by giving a treat
every time he does it correctly. After it is perfect,
start giving random rewards.
Now I DO NOT say this example to
discredit scientist. Although they all understand
eachother, their language is not easily translated for
the average person, which is where I come in. I want the
world to be able to benefit from these studies instead
of just having them sit on a dusty webpage sheltered
from the mass public. I've read the studies, applied
them, and posted my own results.
I've studied the best, and been
personally mentored by animal behavior specialists and
"animal trainers" from many of today's top rated theme
parks that specialize in animal training. So take these
lessons, apply them, and you will see the benefits.
Sincerely,
Dave Womach
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