Thanks for the visual of whack-a-mole. For some reason I couldn't reliably name scenarios as behavioral contrast or matching law, even though I knew the differences between them. This really helps me remember the name!
This term is so interesting because behavior in nature is not in a vacuum or isolated like it can be in the lab. So it is difficult to find the multiple schedules that will be affected by behavior contrast. Once again dope content.
Yup. And thank you. The good news is that being aware of POTENTIAL contrast effects is what is important for practitioners. Identifying their presence with empirical confidence is a whole different beast (as you accurately point out).
Oh. And behavior in the lab is not in a vacuum either! You must always consider the behavior of the scientist and the context and history in/of the lab. 😊
Oh, another question. If behavior contrasts occur with multiple schedules of reinforcement and multiple schedules of punishment, can you mix and match? Like Elton the cat meows when mom is present and gets 3 treats, Elton meows when dad is present and gets a bop on the nose with a firm 'no'. Then Elton meowing for mom increases and then meowing for dad decreases? Or is that just due to the principals of behavior (R+, P, EXT) rather than an actual contrast?
I am having a hard time visualizing this, even with the great whack a mole example. So if Elton the cat received 3 treats from mom every day and only 1 treat from dad everyday when he meows (or something idk) then he would meow more with mom? If Elton the cat never got treats when mom was around because she made sure she hid the treat bag and he only got treats when she wasn't around because he could bite through the bag without her yelling at him, he is more likely to seek out the treats when mom is not around. Am I even in the ball park?? and should I say 'seek out the treats' as I did, or 'eat' the treats?
Here's a better example. An example from Applied Behavior Analysis given is that of a child who eats cookies at the same rate given the presence or absence of his grandmother. One day, the grandmother punishes the child from eating cookies when she is present. This results in reducing the cookie eating when the grandmother is in the kitchen, but increases the cookie eating in the alternate condition of the grandmother being absent
Behavioral Contrast: Keeping up with the Jones' is a tough thing to do, and is motivated by, well, the Jones'. This behavioral contrast represents the fact that the goodness of any behavior is not measured by absolute but by relative measures. That is, it hurts when you see other people having bigger cars, fancier houses, and neater lawns than you. So, to alleviate all that hurt, we try to outdo them in the materialism department, and thereby shift to them our pain, which is temporary anyways since the pain returns with our credit card bill. Behavioral contrast is the reason we are motivated to accumulate more and more stuff, when what we should be doing is build higher fences. from Dr. Mezmer’s World of Bad Psychology, found on an internet near you!
No. Just no. Watch the video again and maybe revise your example. And Dr. Mesmer? 😂😂 I hardly sense any animal magnetism here, nor do I think we were able to hypnotize you. 😂
On Behavioral Contrast In modern day bio-behavioral theories of incentive motivation (a radical behaviorism), reinforcement is not a molecular and discrete event, but a molar event that represents (or is a discriminative stimulus for) present and anticipated as-if expectancies that mediate the activity of mid-brain dopamine systems that assign salience or value to a stimulus. For example, the concept of ‘meaning’ represents the branching positive and novel implications of behavior as perceived virtually. The degree of the positive virtual branching implications of a behavior, or its meaning, is always dependent upon one’s history of reinforcement or reward. This behavioral ‘contrast’ demonstrates how previous expectations can raise or suppress the meaning of behavior to come. Thus, a fan of the Cleveland Browns would find a win for his team in the Super Bowl more meaningful (and more rewarding) than a fan of the New England Patriots, who has come to expect and predict such things. Similarly, a millionaire reduced to bagging groceries for a living would find his behavior far less meaningful or rewarding than a central American refugee is a similar state of need. Compared to a methodological behaviorists, who do not admit bio-behavioral events into their explanation for behavior, a radical behaviorist does. I am a radical behaviorist, and the name is Mezmer, not Mesmer. You can find my work, both satirical and serious, on my website doctormezmer.com Also, for much more on biologically based theories of incentive motivation, visit the site of Dr. Kent Berridge of the University of Michigan, a true radical behaviorist, though he would rather use other terms!
As a radical behaviorist myself - behavior and reinforcement was never molecular. Hence, response classes. Your interpretation of contrast seems to be rather non-traditional. And lacking in parsimony. I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make. Contrast is exactly as described in the EAB and ABA literature as interpreted in a traditional RB context. And I assumed you were referring to Franz A. Mesmer, the German philosopher that talked about energies, etc.
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Thanks for the visual of whack-a-mole. For some reason I couldn't reliably name scenarios as behavioral contrast or matching law, even though I knew the differences between them. This really helps me remember the name!
Thanks! Your simple videos are helping my psych study so much!
This term is so interesting because behavior in nature is not in a vacuum or isolated like it can be in the lab. So it is difficult to find the multiple schedules that will be affected by behavior contrast. Once again dope content.
Yup. And thank you.
The good news is that being aware of POTENTIAL contrast effects is what is important for practitioners. Identifying their presence with empirical confidence is a whole different beast (as you accurately point out).
Oh. And behavior in the lab is not in a vacuum either! You must always consider the behavior of the scientist and the context and history in/of the lab. 😊
Oh, another question. If behavior contrasts occur with multiple schedules of reinforcement and multiple schedules of punishment, can you mix and match? Like Elton the cat meows when mom is present and gets 3 treats, Elton meows when dad is present and gets a bop on the nose with a firm 'no'. Then Elton meowing for mom increases and then meowing for dad decreases? Or is that just due to the principals of behavior (R+, P, EXT) rather than an actual contrast?
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I am having a hard time visualizing this, even with the great whack a mole example. So if Elton the cat received 3 treats from mom every day and only 1 treat from dad everyday when he meows (or something idk) then he would meow more with mom? If Elton the cat never got treats when mom was around because she made sure she hid the treat bag and he only got treats when she wasn't around because he could bite through the bag without her yelling at him, he is more likely to seek out the treats when mom is not around. Am I even in the ball park?? and should I say 'seek out the treats' as I did, or 'eat' the treats?
Here's a better example. An example from Applied Behavior Analysis given is that of a child who eats cookies at the same rate given the presence or absence of his grandmother. One day, the grandmother punishes the child from eating cookies when she is present. This results in reducing the cookie eating when the grandmother is in the kitchen, but increases the cookie eating in the alternate condition of the grandmother being absent
What is the difference between positive and negative behavior contrast, can you please give examples,Thanks
Behavioral Contrast: Keeping up with the Jones' is a tough thing to do, and is motivated by, well, the Jones'. This behavioral contrast represents the fact that the goodness of any behavior is not measured by absolute but by relative measures. That is, it hurts when you see other people having bigger cars, fancier houses, and neater lawns than you. So, to alleviate all that hurt, we try to outdo them in the materialism department, and thereby shift to them our pain, which is temporary anyways since the pain returns with our credit card bill. Behavioral contrast is the reason we are motivated to accumulate more and more stuff, when what we should be doing is build higher fences.
from Dr. Mezmer’s World of Bad Psychology, found on an internet near you!
No. Just no.
Watch the video again and maybe revise your example. And Dr. Mesmer? 😂😂 I hardly sense any animal magnetism here, nor do I think we were able to hypnotize you. 😂
On Behavioral Contrast
In modern day bio-behavioral theories of incentive motivation (a radical behaviorism), reinforcement is not a molecular and discrete event, but a molar event that represents (or is a discriminative stimulus for) present and anticipated as-if expectancies that mediate the activity of mid-brain dopamine systems that assign salience or value to a stimulus. For example, the concept of ‘meaning’ represents the branching positive and novel implications of behavior as perceived virtually. The degree of the positive virtual branching implications of a behavior, or its meaning, is always dependent upon one’s history of reinforcement or reward. This behavioral ‘contrast’ demonstrates how previous expectations can raise or suppress the meaning of behavior to come. Thus, a fan of the Cleveland Browns would find a win for his team in the Super Bowl more meaningful (and more rewarding) than a fan of the New England Patriots, who has come to expect and predict such things. Similarly, a millionaire reduced to bagging groceries for a living would find his behavior far less meaningful or rewarding than a central American refugee is a similar state of need.
Compared to a methodological behaviorists, who do not admit bio-behavioral events into their explanation for behavior, a radical behaviorist does. I am a radical behaviorist, and the name is Mezmer, not Mesmer. You can find my work, both satirical and serious, on my website doctormezmer.com
Also, for much more on biologically based theories of incentive motivation, visit the site of Dr. Kent Berridge of the University of Michigan, a true radical behaviorist, though he would rather use other terms!
As a radical behaviorist myself - behavior and reinforcement was never molecular. Hence, response classes.
Your interpretation of contrast seems to be rather non-traditional. And lacking in parsimony.
I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make. Contrast is exactly as described in the EAB and ABA literature as interpreted in a traditional RB context.
And I assumed you were referring to Franz A. Mesmer, the German philosopher that talked about energies, etc.
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Explanation is really helpful. Personally, i would like to thank you on that, However, The way explain it is really horrible in fact it's absolutely annoying. Due to very bad delivery of information. The actual information is unseen.
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