How to Use behaviorist in a Sentence

behaviorist

noun

• There are not many veterinary behaviorists in the U.S., but there is a great one in Austin.
  — Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Feb. 2018
• For the most part, those who have 20 or more dogs in their yard understand canines far better than dog behaviorists.
  — John Schandelmeier, Alaska Dispatch News, 21 Oct. 2017
• Gottfried’s younger child, who wants to be an animal behaviorist, will be a sophomore next year.
  — Washington Post, 23 June 2017
• While this tale is thousands of years old, animal behaviorists still use this challenge to study corvids (which include crows, ravens, jays, and magpies) and their use of tools.
  — Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Ars Technica, 14 Dec. 2023
• Autumn Sorells, the lead behaviorist, says her job is to come up with training plans that ensure the animals are comfortable and treated well.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 9 Sep. 2020
• Any good trainer or animal behaviorist should come to you and work with you in your home environment.
  — A.c. Shilton, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2020
• Kristiina Wilson, an animal behaviorist in New York City, has worked with cats for more than 20 years.
  — Laura Barcella, PEOPLE.com, 28 Aug. 2020
• Your in-laws should find a good trainer who uses positive methods to train the dog or, even better, a veterinary behaviorist.
  — Amy Dickinson, Star Tribune, 4 Nov. 2020
• Jackson Galaxy is a cat behaviorist — and something of a cat whisperer.
  — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 24 Apr. 2023
• Your in-laws should find a good trainer who uses positive methods (not shock or pinch collars) to train the dog or, even better, a veterinary behaviorist.
  — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 5 Nov. 2020
• Karis Nafte has been an animal behaviorist for nearly 26 years.
  — Leanne Italie, ajc, 21 June 2021
• The 10- to 20-minute tests, developed by behaviorists and tweaked by practitioners, ask two basic questions: Will the dog attack humans?
  — Author: Jan Hoffman, Alaska Dispatch News, 1 Aug. 2017
• Apart from some rear-guard behaviorists, few people hesitate to ascribe empathy to their dogs.
  — Frans B. M. De Waal, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2015
• Knowing about the association enabled the behaviorist to recondition the dog to associate pizza smells not with kicks, but with good things — like getting to taste a few bites.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 3 Aug. 2022
• Guest speakers have included Temple Grandin, the animal behaviorist and proponent for rights for people with autism, and the aforementioned Grann and Tan, among others.
  — Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 9 Jan. 2023
• An attraction to pain can be bewildering, but the insights of the renowned behaviorist B. F. Skinner provide some useful context.
  — The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2021
• Animal behaviorist Temple Grandin has endorsed the gas method as more humane to birds than electrical stunning.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 23 June 2022
• Another animal behaviorist, Jill Goldman, is far from pleased about these YouTube videos.
  — Alexis Hobbs, Woman's Day, 20 Nov. 2015
• The ambassador nudges those sea lions back into the bay with a large wooden board, having been trained in the nudging technique by sea lion behaviorists at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito.
  — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 17 Jan. 2020
• Ingrid Johnson, a cat behaviorist and vet technician at a cat-specific clinic, says videos are more fulfilling for cats than laser pointers.
  — Sage Lazzaro, Wired, 22 Jan. 2020
• Feline behaviorist Stephen Quandt will talk about cat behavior in a virtual lecture at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25.
  — Michelle Mullins, chicagotribune.com, 22 Jan. 2022
• Sueda said that if the problem is more concerning, the doctor might refer you to a veterinary behaviorist — a specialist in treating behavioral issues in pets.
  — Karen Garciastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2022
• The famous colony was studied by biologist Stephen Glickman and behaviorist Laurence Frank.
  — Nienke Onneweer, The Arizona Republic, 26 Mar. 2021
• Dog behaviorists believe that a dog’s need to perform the bedtime ritual of turning around in circles before lying down is inherited.
  — Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2020
• In the nineteen-fifties, the behaviorist B. F. Skinner argued that children learn language through positive reinforcement; therefore, other animals should be able to do the same.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
• Posing as a Belgian national who was a veterinarian and animal behaviorist living in St. Louis, the scammers made plans to meet with her but never followed through.
  — CBS News, 20 Dec. 2023
• But tensions can be dialed way down with a little preparation, said certified dog behaviorist Gabrielle Johnson of Richmond, Virginia.
  — Leanne Italie, ajc, 19 Dec. 2022
• In recent years, animal behaviorists have researched the impact of E-collars on animal welfare.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
• Like many of her peers, Kennedy rejects what is often called the behaviorist approach to parenting, in which caregivers attempt to condition children’s behavior by wielding rewards and punishments—sticker charts, time-outs, and the like.
  — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2023
• My second recommendation is to work with an animal behaviorist.
  — Dr. Devon B. Smith, Baltimore Sun, 9 May 2024

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024