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Originally Posted by Willravel
Dog's respond better to consistent reinforcement whereas humans respond better to inconsistent reinforcement. It's one of those odd quirks that separates us from many other intelligent animals. Operant conditioning 101! Time to get a Skinner Box....
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Perhaps I am misunderstanding you, but both dogs and humans display more resistance to extinction using partial reinforcement schedules. We are not different from dogs in that regard.
If you consistently reinforce tantrums, it will be easier to extinguish the tantrum behavior later than if you partially (inconsistently) reinforce the behavior (aka the partial reinforcement extinction effect).