Behavior Blog
Behavior Blog
Thinking about Street Dogs
July 23, 2022 Many years ago, I received a request to create a poster of Indian Street Dogs ("Streeties") by a Seattle-based rescue group who would take these dogs off...
Thinking about Street Dogs
July 23, 2022 Many years ago, I received a request to create a poster of Indian Street Dogs ("Streeties") by a Seattle-based rescue group who would take these dogs off...
Reading BAD DOG, Multispecies Justice
[First posted on April 8, 2022, with slight edits] Reading BAD DOG: Pit Bull Politics and Multispecies Justice, by Harlan Weaver. Chapter 1: Interspecies Intersectionality (what Harlan Weaver calls multispecies transformative justice)...
Reading BAD DOG, Multispecies Justice
[First posted on April 8, 2022, with slight edits] Reading BAD DOG: Pit Bull Politics and Multispecies Justice, by Harlan Weaver. Chapter 1: Interspecies Intersectionality (what Harlan Weaver calls multispecies transformative justice)...
Respondent vs Operant Conditioning
I think the concepts are very clear in this infographic but if people are having trouble with the words, hope this helps: Respondent Conditioning = Classical Conditioning ...
Respondent vs Operant Conditioning
I think the concepts are very clear in this infographic but if people are having trouble with the words, hope this helps: Respondent Conditioning = Classical Conditioning ...
Are These Cats Playing?
March 1, 2022 I keep asking myself if Mambo and Shimmy are "playing or fighting" when they get into dramatic interactions, and I am learning that this may not be...
Are These Cats Playing?
March 1, 2022 I keep asking myself if Mambo and Shimmy are "playing or fighting" when they get into dramatic interactions, and I am learning that this may not be...
Animal Welfare and Degrees of Freedom (updated)
Janary 22, 2022 Notes from Joe Layng’s presentation, CAAWT 2021 conference, on Superimposition and Coercion. Updated 1/22/2022 - What does FREEDOM mean? Below are notes I made reading this paper by...
Animal Welfare and Degrees of Freedom (updated)
Janary 22, 2022 Notes from Joe Layng’s presentation, CAAWT 2021 conference, on Superimposition and Coercion. Updated 1/22/2022 - What does FREEDOM mean? Below are notes I made reading this paper by...
EMOTIONS as contingencies
Dec 28,2021 Notes from a 2019 Susan Friedman interview (ATA webisode). June 4, 2021 Also an early post combined here: Lisa Feldman Barrett on how emotions are made. Traditionally,...
EMOTIONS as contingencies
Dec 28,2021 Notes from a 2019 Susan Friedman interview (ATA webisode). June 4, 2021 Also an early post combined here: Lisa Feldman Barrett on how emotions are made. Traditionally,...