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05-02-2012, 08:04 AM
Manipulation Through Reinforcment
reinforcement [re″in-fors´ment]
-the increasing of force or strength. In the psychological theory of behaviorism, presentation of a stimulus following a response that increases the frequency of subsequent responses
-The occurrence or experimental introduction of an unconditioned stimulus along with a conditioned stimulus.
in simple words, its a conditioning of the mind through stimulus to increase the likelihood of the same response to happen
example for this is pavlov's drooling dog. an expirement where a dog is given a food riding it with a stimulus of a ringing bell.
everytime pavlov served the food he rings the bell then gave the dog a food. after repeated conditioning everytime the dog hears a ringing bell the dog salivates thinking it being served food.
how do manipulators do it
according to Harriet Braiker through
Positive reinforcement consists of a stimulus that is added to the environment immediately after the desired response has been exhibited. It serves to strengthen the response, that is, to increase the likelihood of its occurring again. Examples of such reinforcement are food, money, a special privilege, or some other reward that is satisfying to the subject.
ex.
father gives candy to his daughter when she picks up her toys. If the frequency of picking up the toys increases or stays the same, the candy is a positive reinforcer.
Negative reinforcement consists of a stimulus that is withdrawn (subtracted) from the environment immediately after the response, so that the withdrawal serves to strengthen the response.
ex.
turning off distracting music when trying to work. If the work increases when the music is turned off, turning off the music is a negative reinforcer.
Intermittent or partial reinforcement: Partial or intermittent negative reinforcement can create an effective climate of fear and doubt. Partial or intermittent positive reinforcement can encourage the victim to persist - for example in most forms of gambling, the gambler is likely to win now and again but still lose money overall.
another example for this is skinner's box(operant conditioning chamber) an expirment, imagine a pegion cage with a bar that it can peck on to get a pellet of food. this food is the reward or reinforcement for its pecking. when the pegion got the reinforcement everytime it pecked the bar it pecked only moderate of times. finally when the pegion got the food reinforcement intermittently (sometimes no food for pecking and sometimes it recieves food for pecking) it pecked the bar like crazy.
i believe this is sometimes why a battered wife/girlfriend almost never leave her husband when even theres more nicer men out there. by instilling the doubt in her mind where she stands (whether the husband loves her or not) the wife hope for their relationship to work out. in this situation the husband abuse the wife and sometimes he is sweet/nice to her. wanting more of the sweetness of the husbad the wife never leaves. the idea of this example is, being nice always get you taken for granted and not giving enough gets the person crave for more.
by using these reinforecment techniques you can manipulate other people on doing things you want them to do. but it depends on the degree on how much and what reinforcement is applied. and before doing this you must have enough information (usually not much, its just likes,dislikes, dark secrets etc.) on the targets personality inorder for this to work.
it takes a lot of practice
you must always remember manipulating is not moral or immoral it is decided how you use it.
thank you for reading have fun
reinforcement [re″in-fors´ment]
-the increasing of force or strength. In the psychological theory of behaviorism, presentation of a stimulus following a response that increases the frequency of subsequent responses
-The occurrence or experimental introduction of an unconditioned stimulus along with a conditioned stimulus.
in simple words, its a conditioning of the mind through stimulus to increase the likelihood of the same response to happen
example for this is pavlov's drooling dog. an expirement where a dog is given a food riding it with a stimulus of a ringing bell.
everytime pavlov served the food he rings the bell then gave the dog a food. after repeated conditioning everytime the dog hears a ringing bell the dog salivates thinking it being served food.
how do manipulators do it
according to Harriet Braiker through
Positive reinforcement consists of a stimulus that is added to the environment immediately after the desired response has been exhibited. It serves to strengthen the response, that is, to increase the likelihood of its occurring again. Examples of such reinforcement are food, money, a special privilege, or some other reward that is satisfying to the subject.
ex.
father gives candy to his daughter when she picks up her toys. If the frequency of picking up the toys increases or stays the same, the candy is a positive reinforcer.
Negative reinforcement consists of a stimulus that is withdrawn (subtracted) from the environment immediately after the response, so that the withdrawal serves to strengthen the response.
ex.
turning off distracting music when trying to work. If the work increases when the music is turned off, turning off the music is a negative reinforcer.
Intermittent or partial reinforcement: Partial or intermittent negative reinforcement can create an effective climate of fear and doubt. Partial or intermittent positive reinforcement can encourage the victim to persist - for example in most forms of gambling, the gambler is likely to win now and again but still lose money overall.
another example for this is skinner's box(operant conditioning chamber) an expirment, imagine a pegion cage with a bar that it can peck on to get a pellet of food. this food is the reward or reinforcement for its pecking. when the pegion got the reinforcement everytime it pecked the bar it pecked only moderate of times. finally when the pegion got the food reinforcement intermittently (sometimes no food for pecking and sometimes it recieves food for pecking) it pecked the bar like crazy.
i believe this is sometimes why a battered wife/girlfriend almost never leave her husband when even theres more nicer men out there. by instilling the doubt in her mind where she stands (whether the husband loves her or not) the wife hope for their relationship to work out. in this situation the husband abuse the wife and sometimes he is sweet/nice to her. wanting more of the sweetness of the husbad the wife never leaves. the idea of this example is, being nice always get you taken for granted and not giving enough gets the person crave for more.
by using these reinforecment techniques you can manipulate other people on doing things you want them to do. but it depends on the degree on how much and what reinforcement is applied. and before doing this you must have enough information (usually not much, its just likes,dislikes, dark secrets etc.) on the targets personality inorder for this to work.
it takes a lot of practice
you must always remember manipulating is not moral or immoral it is decided how you use it.
thank you for reading have fun