mwengler comments on The Power of Reinforcement - Less Wrong

96 Post author: lukeprog 21 June 2012 01:42PM

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Comment author: mwengler 03 July 2012 09:54:07PM 2 points [-]

Yoiks! This may well be why my procrastination at work has increased and increased over the decades. I almost always (habitually?) feel like my efforts are not good enough, will be criticized negatively.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 03 July 2012 10:02:44PM 1 point [-]

(nods) That's a pretty common result of relying on punishment to shape behavior.