Imagine you need to train a tiger to offer its shoulder to the side of its enclosure so that a veterinarian can take a blood sample.  1. Identify beginning, intermediate, and final target behaviors. Explain your choices.

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Imagine you need to train a tiger to offer its shoulder to the side of its enclosure so that a veterinarian can take a blood sample. 

1. Identify beginning, intermediate, and final target behaviors. Explain your choices. 

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Step 1: Introduction target behaviors

A target behaviour is a clear action or reaction that is the main focus of a programme to change or train behaviour. It's the behaviour you want to change, encourage, or tweak using different methods of intervention, training or reinforcement. Targeted behaviours are very important in the fields of psychology, education and training because they give people a clear, measurable way to measure their success and reach their goals.

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