PSYC 3451 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Walter Mischel, Save Room, Abusive Power And Control
29 Mar 2016
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Definition; engage in one behavior in order to control behavior at another time. Impulse; difficult to thin reinforcement: walter mischel 1960"s: 4 yo"s wait 15 m get another marshmallow. 2 of 3 ate it immediately: he followed them in later years; those who waited longer had high sat scores www. youtube. com/watch?v=0mwc1y2dpmy https. Skinner (science of human behavior, 1953) involves a controlling behavior and a controlled behavior: a person will engage in a controlling behavior to influence the future occurrence of the controlled behavior. Implicit in a functional analysis is the notion of control. We use physical restraint when we clap our hands over our mouths (the controlling response) to keep from coughing or cursing (the controlled response). We achieve a similar result when we move out of a situation in which we are likely to behave badly. A sign reading hang up your pajamas"" hung at the other end.
