Chicken Camp 101 & 201

Presented by: Terry Ryan

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Chicken Camp 101 (April 2012)

Discrimination

Exercises include observing and graphing (ethogram) chicken behavior. We'll explore how chickens acquire, store and process information. We'll practice mechanical skills with special attention to timing and eye-hand coordination. Lessons include systematic desensitization, capturing a behavior, shaping a behavior and the use of targets. We'll work on a three or four-component discrimination and conduct extinction trials.

Chicken Camp 203 (September 27 - 28, 2012)

Chaining

Chicken Camp 201 (September 29 - 30, 2012)

Cueing

You'll practice making quick decisions based on rapidly changing behavioral criteria. You'll work on stimulus control. You will explore a variety of effective cueing techniques, work on good timing and learn appropriate ways to install cues.