Decision theory can help bring together these kind of different psychological theories. I think that there's some way that they're all sort of the wrong abstraction and there is something that is more timeless, that is a more parsimonious way to model some of it. The clicker training people don't have a super mature framework for talking about this. But one thing with positive reinforcement tend to be better integrated in different scenarios than behaviors learned through punishment. They can generally shut down and doesn't want to do things because he might be punished as well. And if I teach behavior that way, they're less likely to teach a behavior that way.
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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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