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of the primary reinforcer to increase the rate of a response,
it was a secondary reinforcer. This has been accomplished
in studies with rats (Bellingham, Storlien, & Stebulis, 1975;
Zimmerman, 1972) and in research with chimpanzees (Wolfe,
1936).
In this study, it was expected that this secondary
reinforcer would serve in the conditioning of new responses.
Therefore, the following hypotheses were formulated.
I. An auditory stimulus, after sufficient pairings
with a primary reinforcer, will serve as a conditioned rein-
forcer in the training of new operant behaviors in a horse.
II. The reinforcer will be effective with a variety of
operant behaviors.
Method
Subject
The subject was a 30-month-old female registered Quarter
Horse. It had been handled an average of 1 hour per day for
the past 12 months and had been ridden regularly for 6 months
by the same handler.
Apparatus
The auditory stimulus used as a conditioned reinforcer
was a small "clicker," a toy that children carry at Hallow-
een. It was made of a 1-inch half-sphere-shaped piece of
metal attached to a -inch tab of flexible metal. The sound
was produced by flexing the tab with one's finger.
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Flynn, Karen Kolb. Conditioned Reinforcement with an Equine Subject, thesis, May 1980; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc503848/m1/11/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .