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Positive And Negative Reinforcement In Horse Training
Many aspects of training a horse are similar to how someone trains a child. For example, horses communicate with other horse through body language or pressure (Anderson). Pressure is like someone walking or standing too close to you; your response is to take a step back from that person. Pressure is uncomfortable.
Pressure is anything that demands a response from the horse. (Anderson). It is a reward not to have pressure on him. Positive reinforcement increases the desired behavior (Rathus, 130). Positive reinforcement is used by releasing pressure off of the horse. Releasing the pressure would be taking a step backwards to signal that the horse could stop trotting and relax.
Negative reinforcement increases the changes of the desired behavior
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