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>> conditioned him to walk in front of class and begin lecturing with his hand
>> inside his shirt with a more or less Napoleon "look."
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>> Is it true or not? Chris Green would know more than I about history
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> Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a
> listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of
> which have the potential to turn a life around...Leo Buscaglia
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> which have the potential to turn a life around...Leo Buscaglia
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> > Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2015 11:22:06 -0500
> > From: steel...@appstate.edu
> > To: tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu
> > Subject: Re: [tips] Behaviorist Prof Urban Legend
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: Thu, 8 Jan 2015 11:22:06 -0500
> > From: steel...@appstate.edu
> > To: tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu
> > Subject: Re: [tips] Behaviorist Prof Urban Legend
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> > I do a variation of that story in my class on shaping. I have the
> > class discover a rein
g, all of which have the
potential to turn a life around...Leo Buscaglia
> Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2015 11:22:06 -0500
> From: steel...@appstate.edu
> To: tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu
> Subject: Re: [tips] Behaviorist Prof Urban Legend
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> I do a variation of that story in my class o
The version I heard in undergrad was attributed, by my professor, to Skinner as
well.
Chris
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Christopher D. Green
Department of Psychology
York University
Toronto, ON M6C 1G4
Canada
chri...@yorku.ca
> On Jan 8, 2015, at 10:58 AM, Rick Froman wrote:
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I do a variation of that story in my class on shaping. I have the
class discover a reinforcer that works with me, which turns out
to be their attentive looking and smiling. Then I take them
through the steps of shaping me to move to the side of the room
and turn off a light with my nose.
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Thanks for the re-mind, Rick.I remember doing that routinely as part of
general class assignment in my learning and memory class..It worked
about half the time and was especially interesting during the extinction
phase of the project. And yes, they pulled it on me and ti worked, but for
a
I am preparing to teach Theories of Learning this semester and I remembered the
story told during my graduate training about a professor being shaped by
students to lecture toward the corner of the room. They evidently paid close
attention or performed some other reinforcing stimulus whenever th
