This week is a good week for me. I made some stew beef soup, so I can use it to make variable foods, such as beef soup noodles, beef soup rice, and hot pot for next few days. I started cooking something that can change to different dishes, so I would not feel tired of it. I lost appetite if I eat the same thing every single day…
On Sunday, Mothers’ Day, my family went to restaurant for lunch. We did not go for dinner because there would be a lot of people at night. My sister and I decide to cook the dinner for my mother. We made some salads, steam fish, miso soup, and fried rice noodle.
The operant condition works well on me. I feel I need to do something on Thursday and Sunday now. I bought myself a cheese cake (positive reinforcement) as reward on Monday. That encouraged me a lot.
I think the operant conditioning theory is like a dog training. People punish dogs when they bite, and people give them a cookie when they do a trick. I believe that opereant condition can work on both animal and human.
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Hey Rachel, nice to hear that your operant conditioning is working out for you and the food you made sounds delicious. Its good that you are putting some variety in your diet cause I also get sick of the same thing pretty easily. I also agree that operant conditioning can work on both animals and humans, however I still think that operant conditioning in humans can only truly work if someone else is administering the punishments and reinforcements. Good Luck!
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ReplyDeleteMM everything you made sounds so delicious! miso soup, steamed fish, and beef stew! It's good to know that it worked out really well for you this week! You can even hear a change in your attitude towards cooking. Variety is a must, and you acknowledging that can put you ahead of possible slip ups. It is also good that you are sticking to the punishments and rewards because now you are actually seeing the rewards of your success. It is good that you had your sister give the punishments because that is probably what motivated you the most to cook for the week. Hope this works wellfor you in the future and good luck with your dishes! (the food not the plates you have to clean up XD)
Hi Rachel, Great job! It sounds like you met our goals and enjoyed doing it as well. Keep up the good work! Lisa
ReplyDeleteThat is a very clever idea to make one dish that can turn into other dishes because there wouldn't be any excuse not to make food at home. I agree with Winston because operant conditioning takes a lot of self discipline and most of the time people lack that. That is why one's help can change another's behavior.
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