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I was thinking it would be great on two-year-olds. I'm firmly convinced they fall in the "animal" category and they definitely need training!
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I'm going to get my girlfriend to try those on me. I can just imagine all the treats I'll be getting!
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That's really brilliant. I'm going to try it at home. It sounds like a good solution to a specific problem I've been trying to fix with little success.
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xnera: you're exactly right. The basic principle behind clicker training and what this article is about is Positive Reinforcement.
There's a great book called "Don't Shoot the Dog" by Karen Pryor that will change the way you deal with people (and pets). I'm almost sure that this is the book the article is referring to.
It can be used on ANYONE. with the exception of infants and severely mentally disabled people.
I used to teach at an afterschool program, it worked great. But I find that you can't do it all using Positive Reinforcement. You have to use a combination of techniques.
Oh, and for most people, you can't make it obvious that you are rewarding them, otherwise it doesn't work. you have to find a reward that they would want from you. So in the case of someone who dislikes you, they aren't going to be rewarded by your praise. The reward in that case might be a step back, or getting out of their face.
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quote:So in the case of someone who dislikes you, they aren't going to be rewarded by your praise. The reward in that case might be a step back, or getting out of their face.
Of course one would hope that this doesn't apply to spouses. I'm sure it does in some cases, but in those cases there are problems way more critical than arguing over lost keys.
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Oh, there's quite a bit of value there. This kind of thing works best on behaviors that spouses (or kids, or friends) don't realize they do.
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It's might be an urban legend, but supposedly a psychology class teamed up and used positive reinforcement to manipulate their professor. Every time he wrote on one side of the chalkboard, they would give him their rapt attention. And when he wrote on the other side, they would all lose interest and look away. By the end of the class he was scribbling in the corner they tricked him into. I always wanted to try it myself.
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quote:Originally posted by xnera: Clicker training for spouses! *giggles*
Xnera! I haven't seen you here in ages! What have you been up to? Hope your life has been going well.
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quote:Originally posted by James Tiberius Kirk: I seem to remember that there's an entry on Snopes.com where a class trained the professer to stand only on side of the room while teaching.
--j_k
I'd willingly allow a set of students to "train" me this way . . . because they'd be paying attention!
(As a teacher and a parent, I can tell you that I pretend to fall for a lot of things I can see right through, simply because it works toward my own ends. I know from conversations with others that it is pretty common, actually.)
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Interesting. I think that it can only work when coupled with other techniques, like b boy said. Still, it would be fun to try.
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quote:This kind of thing works best on behaviors that spouses (or kids, or friends) don't realize they do.
This would work on me. I have some annoying habits, I get a kick out of pleasing a girlfriend, and I tune out nagging. Actually, I don't suffer nags. I quietly pack my things and walk away, never to return.
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