Pretty good science behind it....No?....
....for those who consider psychology as science. But even in so called lower life forms, phylogenically downward from mammals, it seems that behaviorally shaping behaviors ("training"), with awards, works best if the latter are applied in random fashions. I certainly notice it with all my dogs, and kitties, and with most women, but I digress. So, Bravo learned to roll over, by gradually shaping behaviors he already displayed. Rubbing his ears onto new snow, with praise and rewards, soon becomes a complete roll over. Soon, response to command only. Then random rewards. A hoot to watch, but random assignments of reward stimuli do seem to bring quicker results. Women? Peace be upon the sweet little hind sides of each and every one. Well, anecdotally, the bangles and baubles also follow the rule of random assignments of rewards. But it all begs the question of why. Why randomness? What evolutionary selective advantages, other than possibly those following the Vierk conservation of baubles hypothesis? And how does it apply to the training of men, by those crafty ladies? A few CS men, and women, may know. Major caveat, it definitely doesn't seem to work with that foxy hottie, our very own brilliant Lady Cyberscrutinizer. Sadly so. She demands rewards after every trick. The art is not easy.
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