During the training of the "sniffer" dogs who locate drugs, the dogs are reinforced only for approaching containers baited with drugs. This training illustrates the use of

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This training illustrates operant stimulus discrimination because the dogs learn to differentiate between containers with drugs (to which they respond) and those without drugs (to which they do not respond), based on the reinforcement given only for approaching the correct containers.

During the Training of the "Sniffer" Dogs Who Locate Drugs