bbleeker comments on The Power of Reinforcement - Less Wrong

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

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Comment author: bbleeker 19 February 2013 11:22:12AM 1 point [-]

I'd think a habit is something that just goes on as long as nothing happens to disrupt it. You no longer need to reinforce it.

Comment author: Houshalter 13 May 2013 05:04:12PM 0 points [-]

But the only difference in the process of creating to two is the amount of consistency? That doesn't seem quite right.

Comment author: bbleeker 14 May 2013 09:08:46AM 0 points [-]

I must confess I don't really understand the way 'incentive' is used in [deleted]'s post. Isn't an incentive usually a reward you use to get someone to do something? When I give my cat a treat I to get her cat to come when I call her, the treat is the incentive. I didn't create the incentive - the cat already liked the treats. All I did is get her to associate me calling her with getting a treat.