While using drugs may provide a short-term high, the negative consequences logically outweigh the immediate relief. The stimulus and reward cycle resulting from engaging in some risky behaviors can become addictive, despite the adverse effects. Some can become addicted to the euphoric impact of behav...
Skinner BF (1984). Selection by consequences. Behav Brain Sci 7: 477–481ß. Slijper EJ (1942). Biologic-anatomical investigations on the bipedal gait and upright posture in mammals, with s pecial reference to a little goat, born without forelegs. I and II. Proc Kon Ned Akad Wetensch ...
Some cartoon TV specials were slapdash affairs meant to quickly capitalize on a popular franchise in an effort to sell more toys, but this special was actually written by Garfield creator Jim Davis, who based the story on his own childhood growing up on a farm in Indiana. The results are ...
Oliver, R., & Skinner, C. (2002). Applying behavioral momentum theory to increase compliance. Journal of Applied School Psychology, 19(1), 75-94.Oliver, R., & Skinner, C. H. (2002). Applying behavioral momentum theory to increase compliance: Why Mrs. H. RRRevved up the elementary ...
Why did I have to go through so much pain as a person who was raised in a very strong spiritual house and Christian family? I know I’m not perfect, but I felt I was always loyal to Him [God], and I never went out of His pathway, doing rebellious teenage things or dangerous thin...
DID estimation We performed an OLS regression with sentiment as the dependent variable and a domestic brand transgression dummy, a time dummy, their interaction, and the two controls as predictors. We estimated the model for both short-term (before vs. short after) and long-term (before vs. ...
The complex ways in which food security actions lead to nutrition and other health outcomes make it important to clarify what programs work and how, with theory-driven evaluation emerging as a promising approach to evaluate complex programs. However, it is unclear how and why theory-driven ...
In support of Skinner’s (1987) point, many health conditions develop after years of ongoing patterns of behavior, and it is not absolutely certain that a person who engages in unhealthy behavior will experience health issues later in life. The threat of a far-removed aversive consequence may ...