Toward Empirical Behavior Laws: I. Positive Reinforcement
Toward Empirical Behavior Laws: I. Positive Reinforcement is a journal article by David Premack (1959), published in Psychological Review. IX Coach's practice library cites it in 2 practices across 2 concepts; each one is listed below, so you can see exactly where this journal article is put to use.
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Practices on IX Coach that cite Toward Empirical Behavior Laws
- Design a genuine positive reinforcer for the target behavior
Identify something that genuinely increases your likelihood of repeating the behavior — not what should work, but what actually does.
Operant Conditioning and Schedules of Reinforcement
- Design a bundle where the want is only available during the should
Make the temptation exclusively accessible during the healthy behavior — restriction is the active ingredient.
Temptation Bundling, Made Practical
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