Taylor, Derrick and other undercover artists should love this animated piece about the effect of rewards on motivation.
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Friday, December 10, 2010
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Taylor, Derrick and other undercover artists should love this animated piece about the effect of rewards on motivation.
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The concept of this experiment was very interesting and highly intriguing. In a way I feel that it proves that your mind does in fact "play tricks on you." Not just with eating, but overall, in any kind of situation!Can a notion like this possibly explain other similar cases in how mentally motivating yourself affects you physically?
ReplyDeleteCool, Mrs. Rious, this is the kind of stuff we like; interesting stuff like this. The "short and sweet little treat" article was nice, but I don't know I need some more convincing. You should do an experiment with the class-catch my drift. Think of it as your 2nd present to us for christmas. I am sure the 1st is just laying around somewhere, right? (NOT KIDDING)
ReplyDeleteThe animation piece was very catchy, the guy makes a good point. I think I need some help explaining what rudimentary cognitive skill is. But so far so good.
??Just Thinking Harder May Help You Lose Weight??
ReplyDeleteAfter reading this article I wanted to put this experiment to the test. I mean who does not know that your mind can play tricks on you, but still it could play a trick to motivate you to loss weight???... Come again... But hey it would not hurt to try; especially if you are motivated to lose weight so you might as well let your brain help you along the way...
Virtual eating?! LMAO!
ReplyDeleteWow, this was very clever, but i would have to experience it first hand to really see what they mean. i can honestly see how your mind can play tricks on you, but really..Im hungry as im typing this, and imagining eating my mom's dinner is making me hungrier!!
So uhm..We should try this in class with candy Ms. Rious ;-)
Great article Ms. Rious, but I must say that I agree with Mary because, of course, im a big boy and if thinking a little harder is a way to lose weight, BE MY GUESS! It won't hurt to try and is all the way risk free. I also wanted to test this as soon as I heard but only one thing is stopping me to agree fully. I really think it depends on how hungry is the person, are they really hungry because some people say they are but in reality are not, how long has it been since their last meal, I believe these questions have to be answered before conducting an experiment. In addition, lets say the person has gone without food for a long period of time, lets say for two months because they got stranded on an island, for example, and you tell this person to imagine eating something. The person is not going to be less hungry due to the fact that they have went two months without food. I still think it would be an INTERESTING subject. LETS TRY!
ReplyDeleteI most definitely think we should do a experiment at school. But to make it more interesting,we should use overweight teens for the experiment. So big bone people you want to try to loose weight just hit up our favorite teacher rious and you might can drop a few pounds. You have nothing to loss but wait. MAY I ADD THE VIRTUAL EATTING SOUNDS LIKE A JOKE TO ME. NOW A DAYS YOU CAN VIRTUALLY DO ANYTHING..... WHAT'S NEXT????
ReplyDeleteThis study is probably one in a trillion, although it makes a very precise point. Imagining what you want to eat before you eat it may result in reaching satisfaction for ones craving desire faster than if you were to just eat it at the first sign of hunger. Me personally coming from being 210 pounds the summer before 9th grade to 150 at the beginning of high school i think about loosing weigh all the time.Its just one of those shake-less experiences, but i wish i would have knew of this article before i almost committed suicide trying to get a "BAYWATCH BODY" .
ReplyDeletelol...After watching the clip I completely forgot that I read that article. I like visuals. I believe that virtual eating works though. For example, when I help my mom prepare for dinner I think of how I am going to devour it but when I get the plate and eat a little I scream out "I'm Full!'
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ReplyDeleteOMG Mrs. Rious! That video was soooo BORING and TOO long, I honestly dozed off half way through it! The only interesting point I liked and understood from it was when he asked the questions "If you reward something do you get more of the behavior you want?" and "If you punish something do you get less of the behavior you want?" After hearing that I immediately thought about positive and negative reinforcement. However, I found the "short and sweet little treat" article to be very interesting. I agree with Edric and Landon that we should definitely do an experiment in class! It would be fun and interesting. I also agree with shanda's response about the example of the virtual eating thing because it's like if someone says they are going to a buffet and they are thinking about how much food they are going to eat and how many rounds they go up for more food, then when they finally get the food in front of them they eat a little and say they are STUFFED!
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