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clicking: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

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clicking1 CONSTRUCTClicker markerPRYOR · MARKER CLICK

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Behavioral psychology

The click as a conditioned reinforcer that marks behavior

In behavioural psychology and animal training, clicking refers to clicker training, in which a brief distinctive click is first paired with food so it becomes a conditioned reinforcer, then used to mark the exact instant an animal performs the wanted behaviour, bridging to a later reward. Pryor's Don't shoot the dog! popularised the click as a precise event marker grounded in operant conditioning. The referent is a conditioned acoustic marker in a reinforcement procedure, measured by its effect on behaviour, and it has nothing to do with cutting leather.[1]

Unit
The click used as a conditioned reinforcer marking a target behavior
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Evaluated by acquisition rate and response reliability under marked reinforcement

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References

  1. Pryor, K. (1999). Don't shoot the dog! The new art of teaching and training (Rev. ed.). Bantam Books. ISBN 9780553380392

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