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Behavior Modification: Techniques for Positive Behavior Change
Verywell Mind via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoWhat are the best strategies for enacting change? Reviewed by David Susman, PhD Behavior...
BERNEY WILKINSON: Punish behavior, not child
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThough the word “punishment” has been used for centuries, the way we use it with children comes from the writings and research of B.F. Skinner. Through...
Bass: What did you do to make the Bengals win again?
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFamed psychologist B.F. Skinner taught pigeons how to play a version of ping-ping. With their beaks. He would feed them to purposely reinforce their...
Filterworld Is a Confused Critique of Algorithms
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIllustration: Lex Villena. Source image: Doubleday Kyle Chayka's Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture is engaging, refined, and well-composed....
Say cheese: Rats like taking selfies too
CNN via Yahoo News· 3 months agoWhen two rats began taking their own photos with a camera attached to their cage, artist Augustin Lignier said he felt “super powerful.” As part of his...
Training an animal? An ethicist explains how and why your dog − but not your frog − can be punished
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOnly one of these guys deserves to be in timeout. Wild Horse Photography/Moment via Getty Images...
Michael Martone’s memoir recounts writerly conversations | DON NOBLE
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThere is always something new going on in the world of writing. Once upon a time there was no such...
Hitting the Books: During World War II, even our pigeons joined the fight
Engadget· 1 year agoIn the years leading up to, and through, World War II, animal behaviorist researchers thoroughly...
Children survive alone for years, against all odds | DON NOBLE
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn 2010, Edward O. Wilson, arguably the most famous naturalist of our time, had published 24 books...
Abcarian: Is your kid getting bad grades in math? I found a simple, questionable tactic that works
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 5 months agoWhen students get cash for grades in math or other subjects, it tends to decrease their intrinsic...