You say positive reinforcements worked better than negative reinforcement
for your Canadian scholar Bill? Didn't B.F. say something to that effect
also?
Joan
jwarm...@oakton.edu
> Stephen Black asks:
>
> 1) What is the earliest reported use of contingency contracts with dire
> consequences for n
Stephen Black asks:
1) What is the earliest reported use of contingency contracts with dire
consequences for non-compliance?
2) What is the earliest specific reference to the possibly
apocryphal American Nazi contingency?
Stephen
Malott, R., Whaley, D., and Malott, M. (1997). Elementary Princ
> On Mar 27, 2009, at 10:03 AM, Michael Britt wrote:
>
> > Interesting article on the front page of the Chronicle this week
> > called, "Falling Behind? Try Shame, Fear, and Greed". Basically the
> > idea is that people are trying to motivate themselves by "taking a
> > contract out on themselve
Yes, good point Marc: it does depend on how you phrase it. Are you
trying to "eat less" (in which case you're trying to stop the behavior
of eating), in which case if you "contract" to donate to a cause you
don't believe in then you're using negative punishment, or does your
contact have y
> -Original Message-
> From: Michael Britt [mailto:michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 10:03 AM
> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
> Subject: [tips] Motivation by Shame
>
[snip]
>
> Sounds like simple negative reinforcement?
>
Wouldn't that
Yes -- avoidance behavior.
An old behavioral technique also mentioned by Thaler and Sunstein in
Nudge.
On Mar 27, 2009, at 10:03 AM, Michael Britt wrote:
Interesting article on the front page of the Chronicle this week
called, "Falling Behind? Try Shame, Fear, and Greed". Basically the
ide
