You Want Your Dog to Learn to Lie Down When

question 21

Multiple Choice

You want your dog to learn to lie down when you are about to give him a treat.If you first reinforce his behavior when he sits, then when he sits and stays, then when he lies down, you are using the technique called

• A)shaping.
• B)Pavlovian conditioning.
• C)the Premack principle.
• D)negative reinforcement.

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