Behavioral Psychology
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Michael Schreiner | October 28, 2014
Threats Work But At A Steep Price
From a behavioral point of view most threats are attempts to wield the power of negative reinforcement. The...
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Michael Schreiner | October 23, 2014
Seeing Flaws Or Seeing Potential In Your Partner
Many people go into a relationship with the underlying goal of changing their partner. They view this person...
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Michael Schreiner | October 13, 2014
Too Many Reinforcements For Behaviors That Are Not Good Enough
I observed a couple futilely attempting to train their dog in a public place. He was a friendly...
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Michael Schreiner | October 2, 2014
Persistence and Schedules of Reinforcement
It seems like a mystery how some people persevere over long periods of time despite infrequent external rewards...
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Michael Schreiner | September 29, 2014
Why People Plateau
It’s true that there are limits to natural abilities and going too far beyond these limits is difficult,...
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Michael Schreiner | September 24, 2014
Read To Your Kids
My mom often babysits my one year old niece and this weekend I got a chance to observe...
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Michael Schreiner | September 22, 2014
Giving Up
We want to discuss yet another reason for staying away from using negative reinforcements during training, as if...
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Michael Schreiner | September 18, 2014
Discipline and Child Rearing
In the wake of the child abuse accusations leveled against Adrian Peterson, the comment sections on articles describing...
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Michael Schreiner | September 17, 2014
Be Vocal When Things Are Going Right
If you want to know the simplest yet most effective way to improve all your relationships it’s to...
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Michael Schreiner | September 11, 2014
Drawn Forward By What You Love Or Driven By What You Fear
Two behaviors can look identical from the outside but be the result of very different motivations on the...