I’ve been watching “The Big Bang Theory” for several years now, and only when we discuss Operant conditioning that i understand better The season 3 Episode 3 Entitled: “The Gothowitz Deviation”.
Sheldon is trying to use positive reinforcement to train Penny to behave how he likes. Leonard catches on and initially is appalled by it, telling Sheldon to stop. But when Leonard sees how well it works, he decides to use it on Penny to achieve his own objectives. Penny catches on and gives Leonard a little negative reinforcement.
Similarly, Season 8 Episode 5 Entitled: The Focus Attenuation applies negative reinforcement to stop procrastinating on their project. That is seen in 15:14 -16:47 minutes of this episode.
B.F. Skinner Operant Conditioning
Little Albert Experiment
What happened to little Albert?
B.F. Skinner’s Shaping Experiment (“Skinner’s Box”) – YouTube
Thorndike Law Of Effect
Classical Conditioning – Ivan Pavlov – YouTube
Derren Brown Trick or Treat
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Part 3:
An interesting series of shows showcasing how people correlate superstitious belief to real-life events. Players relate their 100 marks on the timer the fact that its the movement of the fish that causes the count to increase not their silly but funny moves.
Derren Brown (Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ) achieves his results using a combination of “magic, suggestion, psychology, misdirection, and showmanship”.
However, one thing puzzles me, about this woman from part 1 where all the “variables” that she believes in happened in one day. At the end of the episode this message was displayed:
Marieta Dichoso 