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| TaoMan1121 (profile) wrote, on 10-21-2004 at 12:26am | |
| Current mood: contemplative Music: Poe - Lemon Meringue Subject: Jason's Behavioral Insight of the Day |
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| Reading my assigned chapters for my Organizational Psychology class, I came across this very succinct and well-worded explanation of a conundrum that's always plagued me: the difference between the study habits of successful students and those who struggle to get by. "The best that negative reinforcement will produce is just enough work to escape or avoid punishment. People never do what they are capable of when their motivation is to escape or avoid some unpleasant event or interaction. Many parents often find themselves saying to their children about their schoolwork, 'You only do enough to get by. You're not doing nearly what you are capable of doing.' If you have ever been part of a similiar conversation, you should now know that most schoolwork is under negative reinforcement control. Most children study because they are afraid of what will happen if they don't. It is only children who have been positively reinforced for learning who ever come close to maximizing their potential." (excerpt courtesty of Aubrey Daniels' Performance Management, Third Edition) My life, by the numbers: - I just passed 90,000 on the Super-Sports-Mode Saab (although I personally have only logged several thousand of those) - I just not too recently passed the 500 mark of journal enteries, and am well on my way to 600. 536 to be exact. - Only 13 more enteries until I hit 1200 on the giant Movie list. |
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angel_bob | 10-21-04 6:19am Wow that's true.
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