Decision Theory and Attachment Theory

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I think it's more obvious to see with clicker training how there's something about it that can kind of break down around the edges. I think attachment theory gets at that better. It's sort of like, okay, if you open up to me, then I'm not going to hurt you basically. And it's like trying to make it incentive compatible to share information and be vulnerable with people. Right. So how would you then take this idea of decision theory which is sort of like this general theory of how we should make decisions and kind of connect it to these different psychological theories we're talking about before? Yeah.

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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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