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Interested in all things behavioral

  • Depends. And it can change based upon environment and philosophical needs. Lots of variables/case by case. But the tl;dr is charisma is just pairing yourself with positive social feelings…so the sight of you becomes rewarding for many people.

  • You don’t specifically need charisma to change behavior. Charismatic behavior makes you a reward. Hence people are more likely to engage to please you. But there are other ways to be rewarding.

  • Manipulation and coercion are different.

    Manipulation is altering people’s motivations until they do the thing you want them to do even if they think it’s their idea in the end. This includes benign changes to environmental conditions. For example, making classroom A entirely analog and classroom B digital fun cracktopia. Some individuals are really rewarded by one or the other.

    Now, I want to alter (change, not necessarily increase or decrease, this is subjective)the motivation to go to cracktopia specifically so i bring those conditions in line with classroom A, analog. The motivation will therefore be altered and reward will be signaled by some other thing. There is no overt punishment or coercion here, just altering of motivation.

    Coercive control necessarily involves aversive items such as punishers or failure to withdraw aversive conditions such as holding a nose until a mouth opens. Or physical full hand-over-hand prompting. Might there be a reason that is acceptable for this? Yeah, some people need help with items of hygiene even into adulthood and even with years of intervention and therapy require physical assistance.

    That is to say, both coercive control and manipulation without coercive control can work to the benefit or be extremely detrimental.

  • You don’t need any charisma if you can alter motivation. As a behavior analyst nobody likes but everyone listens to.

  • 5 minutes or so.

  • Hmm. I think algebra 1, 2, intro stats, and geometry for core curriculum. Anything beyond like calculus(I took) as elective or college credit. It’s been years but I think I took stats over trig.

    Personal finance should be taught but not at the expense of other maths.

  • I didn’t, I did hear about them. I didn’t have much access. I think the next one I ended up playing was sim city.

  • Ah, the early SIM games were so comforting. Thanks friend.

  • Did you know you are an animal? :)

  • There was this game by Maxis called Sim Town. It was my first experience with sim games as a kid.

  • My skills travel pretty far. But with my gender id not be allowed to use them.

  • “I’m a single parent, so it’s hard to work overtime without notice.”

  • Purpose: be the adult I wish I had/helping special needs individuals and families.

    Meaning: None. If I didn’t have offspring I would die. And even that is less motivating than it used to be.

  • No, it doesn’t sound good. But I’m not great about telling the difference.

  • Second pot of coffee.

  • I stop doing my hobby thing while I’m still having fun. Which keeps me motivated. Also. I’m shit at it, so no risk of monetizing.

  • This is such an insightful comment and it nails a couple points.

    It can be so hard to simply enjoy the moment, especially when there is so much pressure to be productive. Comparison really is the thief of joy.

  • This is to make people mad right? I just want someone to cuddle and finish getting old with. I buy my own baubles.

  • I think the ratio is a bit skewed heavily towards 20something guys. So maybe if that’s your thing? Idk I’ve had some good exchanges with folks but that’s about it for me.

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world

    An orange cat crossed my path, what divine portent have I received?