Through a variety of intermittent reinforcement and punishment schedules , he taught animals persistence in overcoming prolonged failure .
Wong 's first decade of research in the area of animal learning focused on how to develop persistence in animals in spite of frustration or pain .
Through a variety of intermittent reinforcement and punishment schedules , Wong taught animals persistence in overcoming prolonged failure .
Wong 's first decade of research in the area of animal learning focused on how to develop persistence in animals in spite of frustration or pain .