Sunday, November 12, 2017
BF Skinner and Self? Re Behaviorism, Searched on this in Google and found "B. F. Skinner - Self Management of Behavior (1976)", Also had Yoga in mind - where might there be overlaps with Iyengar Yoga for example with Behaviorism?, Re temper tantrums as behavioral problem, "What have you done to try to control some of these behaviors?""Punishment, a lot of whippings" ...
B. F. Skinner - Self Management of Behavior (1976)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP8k_doYeGw
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"What have you done to try to control some of these behaviors?""Punishment, a lot of whippings"
7 minutes' mark
... system of reinforcers ... tokens
14 mins
... parents and behavior modification
about 16 mins ...
Skinner (wearing a kind of hippy shirt, even): ... the child has not re-inforced himself, but he makes a clear record of his behavior, which makes him ready for reinforcement or worthy and deserving of reinforcement (about 16 mins) ...
Skinner: "you want the child to begin to reinforce his own behavior"
20 minutes: You've done a good job at attending to the interventions, and not responding to his provoking ... I've written out the instructions which we agreed on ... you copy them down ... and bring them back to me next week ... I'll give you these two graphs ... of the provocative behavior ...
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17 minutes' mark:
David, another boy with temper tantrums as an example, and a Skinnerian approach to self-management ...
The treatment with David will begin with training his mother to observe and keep track of behavior ...
19 mins
Mother will keep track of David's behavior, and of each 5 mins David completes doing homework ... in the first week, without any intervention whatsoever ... and in the first week of intervention ...
23:45
golf score counter which he'll wear on his wrist ... and every time it dings ...
I want to score yourself for each 15 minutes of good behavior (24:15) ...
David will also keep track of his own homework behavior, and he will use an hour glass to keep track of each 3 minutes, and then score himself on a check sheet each time three minutes are up....
And we had agreed that after he reached 50 points, he could keep the wrist counter.
31:15
Father: Well, I think it makes him more conscious of what he is doing, and he concentrates more than he did before ... and if he makes a mistake, instead of just quitting, he'll continue on and try.
32:00
Skinner: I think these demonstrations are both very good steps for setting up the initial steps of the kinds of behavior we engage in when we control ourselves, behaviors which were sadly lacking in the two cases, but as you see in the film, can be introduced ...
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Behaviorism seems also to be a kind of philosophy and approach to consciousness, and even self-consciousness.
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So with Yoga (I'm thinking here of ... 1) practicing Asana re Iyengar, but then independently of the authoritarian teacher, such as Iyengar, ~ and with regards to Yoga teachers and hippies' Angela Farmer and Victor Van Kooten ~ and 2) re Dona Holleman's self-published books A) Yoga Syllabus for Teacher and Student and B) Asana in Photo, which I used for some years to develop my own Yoga asana practice ... and where I used a timer in practicing the yoga poses/asanas ... ) ...
... And also with with regards to the first two steps in these "Guidelines for practicing a music instrument" (by Wynton Marsalis and Yoyo Ma) and the above film -
1 Seek out private instruction.
2 Write out a schedule, a plan with goals. (Choose pieces you enjoy playing – S.M.).
Yo-yo Ma says, never make a sound without hearing it first; hear it in your mind.
Yo-yo Ma says, never make a sound without hearing it first; hear it in your mind.
http://scottmacleod.com/GuidelinesPracticingMusicalInstrument.htm - {and especially with regards to exploring eliciting loving bliss neurophysiology ~
Guidelines for practicing loving bliss vis-à-vis practicing a musical instrument |
... and even re this blog ... where the actual posting of a daily writing blog entry could be seen as a kind of reinforcer ... I'd think from a behaviorist / Skinnerian perspective
(My father also comes to mind here, where I'd say he had kinds of temper tantrums, as it seems to me, and so did Iyengar have temper tantrums ... with whom I had very little direct engagement whatsoever, although I do have a certificate from the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco ... so while familiar with Iyengar Yoga as a system/its thinking (as a maverick American free-thinking independent student emerging from the 1960s, and not a "believer" throughout), I've also let this Yoga system go, - and appreciate my daily yoga and meditation first thing in the morning, which, because I do it daily, is likely a kind of reinforcer in a kind of Skinnerian sense) ...
So 1) daily writing and 2) daily yogic sitting seem to have emerged in my life as (behaviorist behavioral) self-generated reinforcers, I'd hypothesize, as I think through further the implications of this "B. F. Skinner - Self Management of Behavior (1976)" film.
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And in a behaviorist Skinner vein on the internet, and out of curiosity in 2017, and re WUaS, I looked up "cognitive behavioral therapy online free" ... and found this as an interesting example ...
Free, Online CBT (Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy)
http://psycheducation.org/treatment/psychotherapy-for-bipolar-disorder/free-online-computerized-cbtcognitive-behavioral-therapy-for-depression/ ...
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Beyond the above, how best to create a behaviorist system self-reinforcers / re-inforcing for daily music making and daily LOVING-BLISS ELICITATION, I wonder ... ? Are Skinner's books and (Harvard) teachings, now in video, a great model for this - and even online in video for others - such as the Free, Online CBT (Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy) above - but with people however?
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And in what ways could the shares that the WUaS Corporation can allot be used to focus reinforcement re Board members and Officers' action ... and re my request to them to write down what they've been doing ...
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HERE ARE THE ~
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Guidelines for practicing a musical instrument Friends, Here are 12 Guidelines for Practicing a Musical Instrument By Wynton Marsalis and Yo-Yo Ma INSPIRATION 1 Seek out private instruction. 2 Write out a schedule, a plan with goals. (Choose pieces you enjoy playing – S.M.). Yo-yo Ma says, never make a sound without hearing it first; hear it in your mind. 3 Set goals to chart development. 4 Concentrate when you practice. Yo-yo says join feelings into your music when you feel bad, to integrate your feelings with your mind and body. 5 Relax and practice slowly. 6 Practice hard parts longer. 7 Practice expressively. Be serious – invest yourself expressively. 8 Don’t be too hard on yourself. Learn from your mistakes. 9 Don’t show off. 10 Think for yourself. Don’t become a robot, but don’t dismiss what you’re taught. 11 Be optimistic. Nothing sounds worse than pessimism coming through a horn. 12 Look for connections. (Make the social aspect of practicing regenerative - S.M.) Music washes away the dust of everyday life from your feet. Enjoy, Scott 'Practicing - Playing a Musical Instrument,' wiki, subject page, at World University and Schoolhttp://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Practicing_-_Playing_a_Musical_InstrumentPrint Guidelines For Practicing a Musical Instrument (.doc) home: scottmacleod.com |
- http://scottmacleod.com/GuidelinesPracticingMusicalInstrument.htm -
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AND BUILDING ON THIS, HERE ARE THE BEGINNING ~
Guidelines for practicing loving bliss vis-à-vis practicing a musical instrument
Articulating 12 Guidelines for Practicing a Musical Instrument (by Marsalis and Ma) with developing how to practice loving bliss
Friends,
Here are some practices to elicit loving bliss with which I'm beginning to articulate these 12 'how-to' guidelines below:). And here are what I think is love in some of its best senses. In the following ideas and explorations of how we might 'practice' loving bliss, as we would practice a musical instrument, I assume our bodyminds are like musical instruments. {Feel free to print, below, and add to this}. As I'm presently thinking about this, I'd love your thoughts about this ~ scott@scottmacleod.com.
INSPIRATION
~ Keep the vision of making {loving bliss} 'music' in mind
~ Make eliciting loving bliss, as practice, enjoyable (e.g. omega-3 fatty acids, 1000 mg flax seed oil with food, 3 times per day, plus a multivitamin, may be helpful biologically)
1 Seek out private instruction.
> ... for modeling and teaching qualities of loving bliss
> With whom?> Might interactive media via the internet help give shape to this, without private instruction?
> With whom?> Might interactive media via the internet help give shape to this, without private instruction?
2 Write out a schedule, a plan with goals. (Choose pieces you enjoy playing – S.M.).
Yo-yo Ma says, never make a sound without hearing it first; hear it in your mind.
Yo-yo Ma says, never make a sound without hearing it first; hear it in your mind.
> Are there 'loving bliss' musical pieces?
> What are the skills of loving bliss?
> Develop techniques of loving bliss, such as 'tuning' {e.g. via the relaxation response}, expressiveness/performativity, breathing, relaxing, eliciting, remembering
> What are the skills of loving bliss?
> Develop techniques of loving bliss, such as 'tuning' {e.g. via the relaxation response}, expressiveness/performativity, breathing, relaxing, eliciting, remembering
> Questions vis-a-vis 'flow: the psychology of optimal experience' - choose learning situations for this
> Reading and engaging 'loving bliss in its best senses'
> Reading and engaging 'loving bliss in its best senses'
3 Set goals to chart development.
> These qualities of brain neurophysiology, then those qualities of brain neurophysiology?
> Engage a teacher for this goal charting
> Use a technology (what machines exist now that measure, or provide biofeedback about, loving bliss?)> Use language, as a kind of technology
> Use your own inner sense of loving bliss 'response,' and then build on this
> Synthesize arts like Watsu {water shiatsu} with loving bliss, to develop ways to chart development
> Engage a teacher for this goal charting
> Use a technology (what machines exist now that measure, or provide biofeedback about, loving bliss?)> Use language, as a kind of technology
> Use your own inner sense of loving bliss 'response,' and then build on this
> Synthesize arts like Watsu {water shiatsu} with loving bliss, to develop ways to chart development
4 Concentrate when you practice.
Yo-yo says join feelings into your music when you feel bad, to integrate your feelings with your mind and body.
> Use feelings to integrate you as a musical instrument when you feel bad, then ~>
> Relax into the relaxation response> Elicit the 'bubbling up' biology (bodymind releasing and welcoming) of loving bliss neurophysiology
> Relax into the relaxation response> Elicit the 'bubbling up' biology (bodymind releasing and welcoming) of loving bliss neurophysiology
> While listening to music
> While dancing
> While exploring positive emotions
> While eliciting loving bliss with a friend
5 Relax and practice slowly.
> Relaxation response, breathing, eliciting, 'practices to elicit loving bliss,' with your bodymind releasing
> Find pools of warm water (like at Harbin Hot Springs, or your bathtub) in which to practice eliciting loving bliss, with ease and focus
> Find a friend to do this with
> Find pools of warm water (like at Harbin Hot Springs, or your bathtub) in which to practice eliciting loving bliss, with ease and focus
> Find a friend to do this with
6 Practice hard parts longer.
> Go into, or release richly into, loving bliss?
> For transcendent & heightened experiences of loving bliss, focus on these often, and with depth
> For transcendent & heightened experiences of loving bliss, focus on these often, and with depth
7 Practice expressively.
Be serious – invest yourself expressively.
Be serious – invest yourself expressively.
> Let go into loving bliss fulsomely, imaginatively, exploratorily, performatively
> Bring emotion and 'verve' to this practice
> Engage music (especially favorite - for me the Grateful Dead, Raga and Mozart all take me there) as reference experiences
> Bring emotion and 'verve' to this practice
> Engage music (especially favorite - for me the Grateful Dead, Raga and Mozart all take me there) as reference experiences
8 Don’t be too hard on yourself.
Learn from your mistakes.
> Focus, after not concentrating, - and care for yourself, while generating loving bliss
9 Don’t show off.
> A kind of Taoist approach {mask the brightness - (Feng and English 1975: #56)}?
> Don't put your loving bliss on display
> And also let your loving bliss shine out, especially when regenerative, and with friends who are also exploring this
> Don't put your loving bliss on display
> And also let your loving bliss shine out, especially when regenerative, and with friends who are also exploring this
10 Think for yourself.
Don’t become a robot, but don’t dismiss what you’re taught.
> Innovate vis-à-vis eliciting loving bliss
> Learn loving bliss techniques, as if learning Watsu (water shiatsu}, and with focus
> Don't repeat loving bliss 'techniques' by rote (e.g. by listening to Mozart's "Magic Flute" or dancing to elicit loving bliss ~> cultivate loving bliss with relaxed intention)
> I think all of the above have quite explicit biochemical, neurophysiological correlates, that, when known, we might begin to orchestrate profoundly, - keep thinking
> Learn loving bliss techniques, as if learning Watsu (water shiatsu}, and with focus
> Don't repeat loving bliss 'techniques' by rote (e.g. by listening to Mozart's "Magic Flute" or dancing to elicit loving bliss ~> cultivate loving bliss with relaxed intention)
> I think all of the above have quite explicit biochemical, neurophysiological correlates, that, when known, we might begin to orchestrate profoundly, - keep thinking
11 Be optimistic.
Nothing sounds worse than pessimism coming through a horn.
> Cultivate optimism with loving bliss - it might be difficult not to
12 Look for connections. (Make the social aspect of practicing regenerative - S.M.)
Music washes away the dust of everyday life from your feet.
> Orient your mind to connecting with
- your own neurophysiology of loving bliss
- to other people~friends who are exploring this
- to innovating vis-à-vis generating loving bliss
> Explore doing this in multiple networks in your life (including playing musical instruments together:)
> Let's create a remarkable & profound language and socioculture for this
> Let's create a remarkable & profound language and socioculture for this
Warm regards,
Scott
Wiki for sharing ideas about eliciting loving bliss neurophysiology (at World University and School): http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Loving_Bliss_(eliciting_this_neurophysiology)
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... http://scottmacleod.com/GuidelinesPracticingLovingBlissvavMusicalInstrument.htm ...
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Three BF Skinner (Harvard) Blog Writings with much relevance for learning at World Univ & Sch:
Jack pine: BF Skinner and Operant Conditioning in a realistic virtual earth for experimentation?,...
- http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2017/11/jack-pine-bf-skinner-and-operant.html…
- http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2017/11/pongo-utopian-communities-hippy.html…
- http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2017/11/pinus-merkusii-bf-skinner-and-self-re.html… ~
https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/929905152986714112
Three BF Skinner (Harvard) Blog Writings with much relevance for learning at World Univ & Sch:
Jack pine: BF Skinner and Operant Conditioning in a realistic virtual earth for experimentation?,...
- http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2017/11/jack-pine-bf-skinner-and-operant.html…
- http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2017/11/pongo-utopian-communities-hippy.html…
- http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2017/11/pinus-merkusii-bf-skinner-and-self-re.html… ~
Three BF Skinner (Harvard) Blog Writings with much relevance for learning at World Univ & Sch:— WorldUnivandSch (@WorldUnivAndSch) November 13, 2017
Jack pine: BF Skinner and Operant Conditioning in a realistic virtual earth for experimentation?,...
- https://t.co/8gSkM7ZV6K
- https://t.co/1Jvs8Xala3
- https://t.co/fmPQB9o34M ~
https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/929905152986714112
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Monday, November 13, 2017
Good morning, M,
Interesting insights from this BF Skinner/behaviorist (Harvard) video (for helping people) ... in my recent blog post ...
http://scott-macleod.blogspot.
And re Dad ... you'll see some of my thinking that emerged in the process of writing this blog post -
http://scott-macleod.blogspot.
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"(My father also comes to mind here, where I'd say he had kinds of temper tantrums, as it seems to me, and so did Iyengar have temper tantrums ... with whom I had very little direct engagement whatsoever, although I do have a certificate from the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco ... so while familiar with Iyengar Yoga as a system/its thinking (as a maverick American free-thinking independent student emerging from the 1960s, and not a "believer" throughout), I've also let this Yoga system go, - and appreciate my daily yoga and meditation first thing in the morning, which, because I do it daily, is likely a kind of reinforcer in a kind of Skinnerian sense) ..."
http://scott-macleod.blogspot.
And my daily writing and daily yoga meditation sitting ... which I see as interesting reinforcers in an operant conditioning sense ...
Much also in the many posts in the past few days about love and psychology ... thinking developments, I'd say ... :)
Seeking a great partner ... still to be met ... appreciating your wisdom much, M ... in these regards ...
Seeing Pin and M was great ... need to book my ticket back to P soon from Xmas ...
How was your weekend, and how are you?
L,
Scott
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There's much about LEARNING love in this blog post.
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