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Social Reinforcement and Social Reinforcers

Social reinforcers serve to increase the rate of the target response, just like any other reinforcers. However, social reinforcers are dispensed by living creatures the subject encounters in his environment.

Any time you use encouraging words and an attentive manner to get your dog to do something, you are using social reinforcement.


Go to the reinforcement procedures index for more on how to properly dispense reinforcement


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This page is a component of the Glossary of the Dog Science, CBC
Dog Training Workshop, and an element of the Dog Science Network