Reinforcer versus Reward

A post at Academic Ladder (http://academicladderwriting.com) got me considering how we talk about reinforcement versus reward.

As I spoke of in earlier posts,  Academic Ladder is a great self-monitoring tool that uses group contingencies, coaching, and similar well-known behavioral principles to increase writing behavior in academics.  As we all know, publish or perish in academia.  One [...]

January’s Post a Little Early – How Clinicians Can Learn from Beauty Tips for Ministers

So I came across the most brilliant site/blog I’ve seen in a while, aside from Grammar Girl (which, technically, is a podcast). PeaceBang,  a UU minister, has created Beauty Tips for Ministers (http://www.beautytipsforministers.com/). While most people will see this is a makeup and grooming site, there is something that we, as clinicians, can take away [...]