Posts Tagged ‘reward’
A unicorn and the tendency towards loss aversion result in cleaner teeth and a new idea in behavior management.
The pre-gifting of the stuffed unicorn as a reward for the excellent behavior that we expected from my daughter during her recent dentist appointment was a stroke of genius on my wife’s part because of the nature of loss aversion. In economics, loss aversion refers to people’s tendency to strongly prefer avoiding losses to acquiring…
Read MoreAffirmation from a Moth audience is unbelievable. Affirmation from a bunch of kids is damn good, too.
As a second grader, comedian and actor Jamie Foxx was so talented at telling jokes that his teacher used him as a reward. If the class behaved, he would entertain them. I don’t know who Jaime Foxx’s teacher was, but I suspect that I would have liked him a lot. One of the rewards I…
Read More