(USF Behavior Analysis（(普遍服务基金的行为分析）.pdf

The  Power  of  Trust   Steve  Martin,  NEI   S.G.  Friedman,  USU     Presented  at  the  IAATE  Conference,  2013     There  are  many  antecedent  sources  of  influence  on  an  animal’s  motivation  to   engage  in  training  such  as  social  influences,  distractions,  and  personal  space.    In   behavior  analysis  terminology,  our  manipulation  of  antecedent  influencers  is  known   as  motivatng  operations.  A  motivating  operation  is  an  antecedent  event  or  change  in   the  environment  that  alters  the  effectiveness  of  the  reinforcer  and  the  rates  of  the   responses  that  have  produced  that  reinforcer  previously  (USF  Behavior  Analysis   Glossary,  1999).  The  focus  of  this  article  is  one  such  motivating  operation  –  the   animal’s  relationship  with  its  trainer,  characterized  by  the  construct  trust.  It  is  our   assertion  that  when  trust  is  established,  animals  are  more  motvated  to  control  our   reinforcers  with  their  behavior,  i.e.,  to  learn.     Trust:  What  does  it  look  like?   A  useful  way  to  operationalize  trust  s  a  level  of  certainty  that  interaction  will  result