The Connection Between IFS and Operating Conditioning

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IFS and operating conditioning are different theories that both make interesting predictions and produce interesting magic tricks about what you can do with the human mind. So in particular, like I have a decent amount of experience with clicker training. The basic theory behind clicker training is that there's an animal exhibiting a bunch of different behaviors. And at first the animal doesn't understand, you know, necessarily what's going on. But eventually they'll realize like, okay, I always get the food right after I hear the click. It keeps clicking when I do the same behavior and then they'll start offering the behavior.

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What is the Internal Family Systems model? What kinds of information do our emotions give us? How many agents live in our heads? And, if there's more than one, how well do those agents cooperate? What is operant conditioning? What is attachment theory? How does parenting differ from animal training? Is decision theory able to unify many different psychological theories?

Divia Eden has always been interested in understanding how minds work, and she currently spends most of her time unschooling her three kids. You can find out more about her at becomingeden.com or follow her on Twitter at @diviacaroline.

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