Behavioral Psychology
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Michael Schreiner | September 15, 2016
Training Using Positive Reinforcements And Negative Reinforcements
In the most simplistic form of training using behavioral psychology all positive reinforcements are good and all negative...
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Michael Schreiner | August 14, 2016
Understanding Gambling Addiction
If you haven’t caught the gambling bug and you’ve ever been to a large casino you were probably...
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Michael Schreiner | August 8, 2016
Why People Act Against Their Best Interests
If what felt unpleasant in the moment always led to unpleasant, unwanted consequences far down the line and...
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Michael Schreiner | August 4, 2016
Frustration Is Exhausting
When moving along the skill continuum in your endeavors frustration is one of the major psychic pitfalls that...
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Michael Schreiner | June 14, 2016
Exerting Control
If you really start to think about the expression ‘you catch more flies with honey’ it becomes clear...
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Michael Schreiner | May 24, 2016
Determine Your Destiny
Who is going to determine your destiny, you or the controlling environment? If you’ve been working towards a...
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Michael Schreiner | May 11, 2016
Behavioral Associations
In the movie Waitress the main character Jenna derives great joy from baking pies. We could say her life revolves...
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Michael Schreiner | May 10, 2016
Schedules Of Reinforcement
I recently arrived in a tiny town in Brazil where internet access is really hard to come by....
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Michael Schreiner | April 7, 2016
Level Of Reinforcement Matters
Let’s say that you’re training a puppy and you use corporal punishment to try to elicit behaviors. Quite...
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Michael Schreiner | April 4, 2016
Do Not Let Frustration Infect Your Learning
Most of the authority figures out there use negative reinforcements to elicit behaviors, which means that for most...