From RenChenZa 7 Steps to Personal Development – “Courteous and Considerate behavior is the beginning of good relations with others.” Andrew Ledford © 2000 –2009 It doesn’t really matter if we’re talking about our dog’s behavior or our own – Courteous and Considerate behavior is the beginning of good relations with others. The reckless...
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Many traditions teach that we are happiest when we have a purpose for living. Often that purpose is in some way serving another. Giving our life to another could be serving our family. I believe serving the family is one of the oldest acts of devotion. Much of human and dog behavior can be...
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Many people have deep emotional reactions to power and even the word power. This is understandable. How power is used and our views about power influence much of our lives. Power is the realm of control, domination, and influence. How power is used is a life and death reality. However, people also live their...
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Acceptance of others is one of humanities higher traits. Accepting a large number of others who differ from us is not easy. Accepting a large number of others who differ from us goes against our animal nature. When we care for and truly accept others as our own we’ll be less likely to harm...
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Selection is the process that creates ordered from the chaos of random exploratory behavior. Behaviors are selected by elimination. The behaviors that did not work are preformed less and less until they undergo extinction. In a perfect world extinction would take place without excessive complications. In the real world there are myriads of unpredictable...
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Controlling signals are the cues that prompt us to behave in certain ways. Controlling signals can also reward behavior. A traffic light is a controlling signal. The traffic light controls how we drive. When we respond appropriately we’re also rewarded. Traffic lights present an interesting example because sometimes stopping is aversive yet it’s also...
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