91 Dancing with your parrot: the ABA tango that shapes behavior

Cockatude

How do I work with behavior? Most of you know that I use applied behavior analysis and I would not blame you if you think I use unfeeling technical tools. Nothing could be further from the truth. I have learned to dance the dance of ABA. It is much like the tango in the movie "Scent of a Woman." Moving around the dance floor, blind except for my tools of behavior observation and shaping, I glide with my companion birds to mutual understanding.
Come dance with us today!
Please consider becoming our Patron at http://www.patreon.com/chloesanctuary.
You may also donate at www.chloesanctuary.org.
For as little as $1 (yep, one buck!) an episode, $26 a year or only $13 if you limit your donation to one video a month, you can support our efforts to educate and entertain you! Our Patrons are the best! You will get extra content and the chance to influence what we do.
You may also donate to support our work at www.chloesanctuary.org
“It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.”— Epictetus CE 55-155
These links are to awareness tests that will surprise you. We think we know exactly what we are seeing but do we? Cognitive scientists say no. This videos prove it!
Awareness test: https://youtu.be/ubNF9QNEQLA
Basketball test: No matter how closely you watch this video you will probably not get the right answer! https://youtu.be/Ahg6qcgoay4