Compulsive Training is described as training that uses some degree of negative reinforcement and positive punishment, such as prong collars, leash jerks, choke chains, and praise as reward.

Compulsive Training is described as training that uses some degree of negative reinforcement and positive punishment, such as prong collars, leash jerks, choke chains, and praise as reward.

• A. Uses only positive reinforcement and shaping
• B. Uses some degree of negative reinforcement and positive punishment, prong collars, leash jerks, choke chains, praise as reward
• C. Based on clicker training
• D. Avoids any form of punishment or aversive stimulus

Answer: (B)

Compulsive training relies on using aversive elements as part of the training plan, combining negative reinforcement with positive punishment, while still using praise as a reward to reinforce desired behaviors. Negative reinforcement means the dog learns to perform a behavior to remove an uncomfortable stimulus (for example, feeling pressure from a collar and stopping to make the pressure go away). Positive punishment involves adding an unpleasant consequence after an undesired behavior to reduce its occurrence. Tools like prong collars, leash jerks, and choke chains are examples of aversive devices associated with this approach. The use of praise as a reward illustrates that reinforcement of desired behavior can accompany the punishment/aversion strategy. Options that describe training as only positive reinforcement, or as clicker-based, or as avoiding any punishment or aversives, don’t capture this mix of aversive methods with reinforcement and punishment that defines compulsive training.

Compulsive training relies on using aversive elements as part of the training plan, combining negative reinforcement with positive punishment, while still using praise as a reward to reinforce desired behaviors. Negative reinforcement means the dog learns to perform a behavior to remove an uncomfortable stimulus (for example, feeling pressure from a collar and stopping to make the pressure go away). Positive punishment involves adding an unpleasant consequence after an undesired behavior to reduce its occurrence. Tools like prong collars, leash jerks, and choke chains are examples of aversive devices associated with this approach. The use of praise as a reward illustrates that reinforcement of desired behavior can accompany the punishment/aversion strategy.

Options that describe training as only positive reinforcement, or as clicker-based, or as avoiding any punishment or aversives, don’t capture this mix of aversive methods with reinforcement and punishment that defines compulsive training.