Posted by alexandra_k on December 22, 2005, at 1:00:53
In reply to Re: I suppose I should also clarify, posted by Dinah on December 21, 2005, at 10:47:14
> I was actually not serious in the dog story. Other than that associating an object with both severe punishment and intense reward is way more crazymaking than just leaving it associated with severe punishment.
but... why do you say the dog was ambivalent... i mean... you can see when people / pets are ambivalent they alternate between approach and avoidance. so they start to come up to you... then back off and growl or put their tail between their legs..
if the dog did that for a little while... i guess that would be understandable...
but over time... the avoidance ceases.
cured.
though... yeah spontanious whatever can occur.
but then it can be dealt with in the same way again.
and i think... next time around it extinguishes faster.sounds ilke a cure to me...
what would be crazymaking...
would be a schedule like this:
towel - reinforcer
towel - reinforcer
towel - reinforcer
towel - punisher
towel - reinforcer
towel - punisheretc.
when it goes one way up until time t and then is reliably different...
i think that tends to be okay...
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