if we had access to the vocabulary of operant conditioning we'd have a framework for observing tons of everyday mind control shit. like, adding an aversive stimulus is positive punishment, but once the agent accepts the stimulus as normal, removing it is negative reinforcement
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Replying to @apeofpentacles
timeouts are probably the clearest one; both negative (removal of attention) and positive (restriction of action) punishment, not ended until child “settles down” and accepts the punishment as normal, at which point reinforcement can be generated by its removal
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Replying to @chaosprime @apeofpentacles
i tend to work at smaller organizations but one hears tales out of larger ones that sound like ham-fisted attempts at this sort of thing, and mass-PvP political movements seem to be all about it
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