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Re: Child rearing (was: Nothing personal, but...)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 21 Jun 2001 19:16:56 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Shiri Dori writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> > > From a simply pragmatic standpoint, I never saw the "no supper" punishment
> > > as that effective, including those few occasions when I was subject to it.
> > > It was too vague a punishment to have any lasting effect, even in terms of
> > > negative reinforcement.
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> First off, quick comment. Negative reinforcement is the wrong term here -
> negative reinforcement refers to the removal of a bad effect, in response to
> a good action. Negative reinforcement receives the *same* effect as positive
> reinforcement, not the opposite. Psych 101, guys. You're talking about a
> punishment.
Ah, well. The point remains the same. Let me amend by statement thus:
"It was too vague a punishment to have any lasting effect, even in terms of
the removal of an desirable stimulus, to wit, dinner."
And, anyway, it wasn't Psych 101--it was Psych 2, and it was twelve years
ago! 8^)
Dave!
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