Chaser (40 page)

 

Hare, Brian,
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Harris, Chris,
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Heifetz, Jascha,
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herding

Chaser's love for,
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and Chaser's relationship to toys,
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herding commands,
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Johnson's herding lessons,
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herding instinct

in Border collies,
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and Border collies' ability to identify sheep by name,
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and chasing behaviors,
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herding lessons,
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“here” command,
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Herman, Louis,
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Hodges, Frank,
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Hogg, James,
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Hollowell, Gervais,
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Holly (miniature schnauzer),
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“honest” vs. “dishonest” dogs,
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“hoop” command,
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Horowitz, Alexandra,
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housebreaking

and early accidents,
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mother dogs' natural methods for,
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reinforcing,
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“How Smart Are Animals” feature (
Nova scienceNow
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Huber, Ludwig,
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human-dog relationship.
See
dogs, domestic

human subjects

applying classical and operant conditioning to,
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imagination, and learning,
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See also
play sessions during training

imitation, learning by

animal capacity for, debates about,
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developing Chaser's capacity for,
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growing recognition/study of,
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mental inference and,
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inference

dogs' capacity for,
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grammar,
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and learning by imitation,
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and match-to-sample activities,
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role in animal learning,
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Inside of a Dog
(Horowitz),
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instinctive drift,
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instincts, instinctual behaviors

fixed action patterns and releasing stimuli,
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power of,
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reflex vs.,
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utilizing when training,
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See also
herding instinct

intensive training, role in Chaser's success,
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International Journal of Psychology
, Staddon article on rote and creative learning,
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interspecies social relationship between dogs and people,
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See also
dogs, domestic, eagerness for interaction/friendship with people

intuitive learning,
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involuntary cuing,
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See also
Clever Hans effect

 

Jayson, Sharon,
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Jeb (Miss Lillian's dog),
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Johnson, David,
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approach to raising dogs,
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on the Border collie “eye,”
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on Border collies' dedication to work and devotion to shepherd,
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on Border collies' problem-solving skills,
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on empathy and compassion in dogs,
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on “honest” vs. “dishonest” dogs,
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on importance of praise when training,
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on reasoning ability of dogs,
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Kaminski, Juliane,
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research into dogs' and other animals' perceptual and cognitive abilities,
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response to Bloom's critique of Rico study,
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“Word Learning in a Domestic Dog” article,
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work with match-to-sample,
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See also
Rico (Border collie)

Kanzi (bonobo),
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Kate (Border collie),
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kayaking trips,
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keep-away game,
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Keller, Helen,
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Kimmel, Jimmy,
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Korin, George,
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language learning

and associating words with objects or actions,
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following brain injury in early childhood,
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in human children,
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and learning to generalize/categorize,
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and moving beyond mutual exclusivity assumptions,
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in nonhuman animals,
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rate and retention,
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referential and combinatorial understanding,
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rehearsing/practicing,
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as a social activity,
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and understanding categories,
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and understanding proper nouns, names,
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and understanding syntax and semantics,
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See also
common nouns; proper noun names; operant learning; play sessions; training

Lassiter, Jason, Chaser's games with,
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Lassiter, Theresa,
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latency, decrease in with practice,
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Lauer, Matt,
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Learning and Motivation
journal,
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learning by association,
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learning by exclusion,
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learning by imitation,
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learning by listening,
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learning by shaping,
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learning potential, Chaser's,
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Lefebvre, John,
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Letterman, David,
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listening ability

in Border collies,
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and learning ability,
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and learning by overhearing,
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Lobster King parable,
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long-term memory

combining with working memory,
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for proper names,
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testing,
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time needed to store new words in,
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Lynn (friend),
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many-to-one word mapping skills,
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Marge (friend),
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Markman, Ellen,
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match to sample

challenges inherent in,
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mental inference and,
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testing Chaser's capacity for,
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mating behaviors of stickleback fish, instinctive,
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Maud (Border collie),
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Max Planck Institute for Evolutional Anthropology,
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See also
Rico (Border collie)

McFee, Rice,
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Micke, Sebastien,
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Miklósi, Ádám,
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Miss Lillian (family member), devotion of dog,
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Miss Lucy (friend),
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Molly (cat),
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Montessori, Maria,
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mother dogs, disciplinary approach of,
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motivation, and unpredictable rewards,
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mutual exclusivity concept,
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names of objects, learning.
See
proper noun names

naming Chaser,
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Nanny,
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See also
Pilley, Sally

Nantahala Outdoor Center, North Carolina,
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National Examiner
, Chaser on cover of,
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Nature
, “Snowflake: The White Gorilla,”
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negative reinforcement

and boundary setting,
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for decreasing unwanted behaviors,
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and individual personalities,
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punishment vs.,
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negative words, limiting in training dogs,
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New Scientist
online magazine, “Border Collie Takes Record for Biggest Vocabulary,”
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newspaper articles about Chaser,
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New York City, visits to,
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See also
television appearances

New York Times
, Wade's article about Chaser in,
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Nick/Nickey (Border collie),
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Nigro, Marie,
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“No!” command,
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nonreinforcement, long-term value of,
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“nose” command,
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Nova scienceNow
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novelty, baseline preference for, eliminating as source of error in learning by exclusion trials,
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obedience training, basic

“hard” vs. soft” dogs,
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importance of,
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