At 09:01 AM 3/20/01 -0600, Chuck Huff wrote, with respect to invisible dog
fences:
>It's both operant (punishment for a certain behavior) and classical, if
>you consider the association of the shock with the collar.
The latter would be true if the collar is only used in the context in which
the dog is likely to get
zapped. If the dog always wears the collar (which would protect against an
unpredictable bolt
through the front door), it wouldn't seem that there would be an
association for the dog between
the collar and the shock. Of course, other stimuli in the yard environment
that predict shock may
be classically conditioned here.
-Mike
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