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gjm comments on Does random reward evoke stronger habits? - Less Wrong Discussion

1 Post author: Bound_up 17 August 2015 09:03PM

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Comment author: Viliam 18 August 2015 06:42:43AM 5 points [-]

You cannot impose a reward schedule on yourself...

I complete a task, I roll a d4 once, and in case of success I eat a chocolate. What exactly is the problem with this?

Comment author: gjm 18 August 2015 01:16:06PM 2 points [-]

I am not a psychologist, but it seems at least plausible that getting a chocolate one time in four because you saw yourself roll a die and chose whether to eat a chocolate depending on the result might have different motivational effects than getting a chocolate one time in four according to some mechanism competely opaque to you.