Operant Conditioning Theory is not unique to dog training. It was coined by American psychologist B.F. Skinner in 1937, developed from Edward Thorndike’s Law of Effect. Thorndike theorized that ...

That device (named Nicodemus) is used as a Skinner Box to train rats — anywhere rats may be found — using operant conditioning to make them expect food when they hear a few bars of Black ...

But how? The mid-1900s, psychologist B. F. Skinner’s behaviorist theory of “operant conditioning” came to their rescue. This methodology of psychological behavioral conditioning provided an almost ...