The Importance of Timing in Learning

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Theory of operant conditioning says that timing matters a lot. One thing I've noticed about punishment is that, like let's say a dog gets punished at a piece on the floor, it seems like in my experience, what the dog will learn is to avoid the punishment. Clicker training is good at creating behaviors. And then you can even put them on cue. So you can teach the dog to roll over. But I think it is a different shape of problem if there's something that the dog is doing that you want the dog to stop doing.

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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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