By Jeff, on April 17th, 2008%
Were you paying attention in those psychology classes?
Do you remember the experiments where a rat was trained to press a lever to get food?
It’s amazing how relevant experiments on rats can be to parenting.
In pursuing my psychology degree, I took a lab where I had to perform that experiment myself. I had a rat of my . . . → Read More: Grilled cheese and the science of successive approximation
By Jeff, on March 13th, 2008%
Woman Has Two Year Relationship From Boyfriend’s Bathroom – Slice of SciFi
I don’t even know what to say about this. I’m sickened and saddened at the same time.
Apparently a 35-year old woman had a phobia that kept her in the bathroom 100% of every day for an undetermined period of time. And her boyfriend never called . . . → Read More: Woman grows onto toilet seat
By Jeff, on February 3rd, 2008%
In the spirit of ParentHacks, here’s a trick we’ve used to get our kids to do many things they otherwise wouldn’t.
We came up with it in the car on a long trip when the whining reached an all-time high. My wife, in hidden frustration, looked back and said, “Whatever you do, no smiling!” to our grouchy . . . → Read More: Whatever you do…
By Jeff, on November 19th, 2007%
I managed to get to David Snowden’s talk this morning about, essentially, the nature of learning. What does science say about how we learn? Is that different from the way we, as trainers, try to make people learn?
It seems that we are trying to fit a square peg in a round hole. And what we’re ending . . . → Read More: Corporate Learning conference: Day 3
By Jeff, on February 7th, 2006%
Driven to Distraction
I absolutely love it when I find research that backs up my position.
HANG UP YOUR CELL PHONES, DRIVERS!!!
Psychological research is showing that when drivers use cell phones, whether hand-held or hands-off, their attention to the road drops and driving skills become even worse than if they had too much to drink. Epidemiological research has . . . → Read More: cell phones + driving = drunk driving
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