8 Techniques Ready to Stop Bad Behaviors
Karen Pryor's book Don't Shoot the Dog! The New Art of Teaching and Training explains the fundamentals of behavior change. And these methods are effective whether the subject is a dog, a dolphin or your neighbor, Larry. The main lesson for getting people to do what you want is that positive reinforcement  rewarding behavior you like  is king. Whether it's with a smile, a cookie or a bribe, rewards work. But what about getting rid of behaviors you don't like? This can be far trickier. Pryor lays out the 8 methods that you can use to stop bad behavior. Method 1 "Shoot the animal." In our case, we don't mean that literally. It means firing an employee or dumping a partner. It works, but it's extreme. Via Don't Shoot the Dog! The New Art of Teaching and Training, Method 2 Punishment. Everybody's favorite, in spite of the fact that it almost never really works., Via Don't Shoot the Dog! The New Art of Teaching and Training, Method 3 Negative reinforcement. Removing something unpleasant when a desired behavior occurs., Via Don't Shoot the Dog! The New Art of Teaching and Training, Method 4 Extinction, letting the behavior go away by itself. Via Don't Shoot the Dog! The New Art of Teaching and Training, Method 5 Train an incompatible behavior. This method is especially useful for athletes and pet owners., Via Don't Shoot the Dog! The New Art of Teaching and Training, Method 6 Put the behavior on cue. Then you never give the cue. This is the dolphin trainer's most elegant method of getting rid of unwanted behavior., Via Don't Shoot the Dog! The New Art of Teaching and Training, Method 7 "Shape the absence" reinforce anything and everything that is not the undesired behavior. A kindly way to turn disagreeable relatives into agreeable relatives., Via Don't Shoot the Dog! The New Art of Teaching and Training, Method 8 Change the motivation. This is the fundamental and most kindly method of all., Via Don't Shoot the Dog! The New Art of Teaching and Training, Related posts,