Episode 368 Catching Up With Dominique Part 1 Stimulus Control

About this episode

This episode features a conversation about stimulus control and teaching methods with Dominique and several guests.

In 2025 Dominique needed to take some time off over the summer. I went ahead and did a series of interviews, including one with Dr Claire St Peter and Dr Carol Pilgrim, episodes 349 to 351. We were talking about stimulus control. Those episodes aired in the fall. The episode you’re about to listen to was supposed to air back in the fall as well, but somehow it fell between the cracks and we moved on with other interviews instead. We talked with Dr. Stephanie Jones, Sofia Abuin and Lucy Butler about control, coercion and empathy. After that, in the run-up to the Clicker Expo we did an interview with Chirag Patel. And now finally here’s Part One of a three part conversation that Dominique and I had after Dominique listened to the interview with Dr Pilgrim and Dr St Peter. You might want to listen to those episodes first, but it is by no means necessary for you to have heard that conversation for you to be able to follow along here. The conversation with Dr Pulgrim and Dr St Peter sparked lots of questions for Dominique. We begin by comparing the standard instructions for teaching cues and stimulus control with the way that I prefer to teach them. The standard instructions make use…

People in this episode

Guests: Sofia Abuin, Lucy Butler, Chirag Patel, Dr Claire St Peter, Dr Carol Pilgrim, Dr Stephanie Jones

Topics covered

• stimulus control
• teaching cues
• coercion
• empathy

Keywords

• control
• extinction
• behavior pairs

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Catching Up With Dominique

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