Positive Reinforcement vs. Positive Thinking (And Why Pollyanna Would've Sucked at Dog Training)
Category: WELLNESS
Positive, in the world of animal behavior, means adding something. Reinforcement means making something more likely to occur. So, "positive reinforcement" just means adding something to the equation to encourage that a behavior will happen again.
By Anna Jane Grossman, Contributor
Dog trainer and writer, 2013-03-11