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NIKE & BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS

By: Samantha Kempf

JUST DO IT

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A Little Bit About

Adopted 2 ½ years old Black lab & Boxer

mix Fun & energetic

Hi, I’m

Nike!!

+ LOVES..

Hanging out with other dogs

Dallas and Nike have known each other since they were puppies.

Playing Going for car rides Sleeping Looking out the window Chasing squirrels

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GOAL OF THE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION

Nikes tricks include the following: sitting down, laying down, giving a “high-5,” rolling over, and giving a kiss …& now… each trick has been paired with a specific sound

I’ve implemented five sounds into my power point and with the help of behavior analysis Nike will be able to respond with an old trick, such as rolling over, in the presence of the new discriminative stimulus, rather than in the presence of the old discriminative stimulus, me saying “Nike roll over.”

WHAT’S THAT

SOUND??? ♪

+PAIRING PROCEDURE Step#1

UNLEARNED REINFORCER’S included pieces of dog food, as well as human food, and treats.

EXAMPLE being used involves sound of a bell with immediate presentation of a treat

NEUTRAL STIMULI (5)

1) Sound of a doorbell

2) Sound of clapping

3) Sound of a clock (tick tock)

4) Sound of a duck quack

5) Sound of a drum roll

SOUND

NO SOUND NO TREAT

TREAT

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THE RESULTS of the PAIRING PROCEDURE

The pairing of the neutral stimulus (the sound of the bell) and the unlearned reinforcer (the treat) resulted in the value-altering principle (the pairing procedure converts a neutral stimulus into a learned reinforcer or learned aversive stimulus)

Which would not have been possible with out a motivating operation (a procedure or condition that affects learning and performance with respect to a particular reinforcer or aversive condition).

BEFORE: Nike does not hear the bell

DEPRIVATION:Nike has not had food for over 6

hours

AFTER: Nike does hear the

bell

BEHAVIOR:Nike gives

me a “high-5”

MOTIVATING OPERATION

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DISCRIMINATION TRAINING PROCEDURESTEP#2

BEFORE:No

praiseAFTER:

No praise

AFTER:Praise

S-Delta:No

sound of bell

SD:Sound of

BellBEHAVIOR

:Nike gives a “High-5”

reinforcing or punishing a response in the presence of one stimulus and extinguishing it or allowing it to recover in the presence of another stimulus

+DIFFERENTIAL REINFORCEMENTSTEP#3

reinforcing one set of responses and withholding reinforcement for another set of responses BEFORE:

Nike receives

no praise

AFTER:Nike

receives no praise

AFTER:Nike

receives praise

BEHAVIOR:

Nike rolls over

BEHAVIOR:

Nike gives a “High-5”

This behavioral contingency was used to ensure that only the desired response (give a “High-5”) was occurring to the sound of the bell and not any other response (for example: rolling over).

+ANALOG TO AVOIDANCE OF LOSS OF A REINFORCER

This helps Nike stay on task during the entire eight minute power point.

Peanut butter is one of his favorite reinforcers!!

BEFORE:Will lose

opportunity for peanut butter in 8 minutes

AFTER:Won’t lose

the opportunity for peanut butter in 8 minutes

BEHAVIOR:Nike is

attentive and cooperative

for 8 minutes during power

point

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OOOPS! That last contingency was incorrect …

WHY?

Nike is a dog.

Therefore he is non-verbal

So really the presentation of peanut butter

after the power point is an ineffective contingency because I can not use rule control!

BEFORE:

Nike has no peanut butter

DELAY:

8 minutes after

 

BEHAVIOR:

Nike makes a correct

response

AFTER:

Nike has peanut butter

ineffective contingency

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(Unless I continue to intermittently reinforce the responses after this power point)

AND… The responses will eventually extinguish

Even after all the time training, pairing, discriminating, &differentially reinforcing Nikes behavior.

THE END!!

NOW…