Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Tart

While reading Tart's chapter, i found myself trying to actively find examples of each form of reeinforcement in my everyday life. In the course of my job, my superiors use all four methods of stablezation to keep employees "in line".
The analogy for Loading Stablezation is found in the huge daily workload assigned to us. I treat well over 100,000 square feet of lawn/turf/grass in a given day. Positive Feedback occurs when we hit or exceed our production goals. We are given a commission bonus (which is really a pittance) based on how much we exceed our weekly goal by. Negative Feedback is found when we fail to hit our weekly goal, in which case we are forced to work that Saturday. Limiting Stabilazation presents itself in the form that we have a limited amount of time to hit the goals (7 hours in the field, 5 days a week, or 35 hours total. With a goal of 5000 dollars a week and an average stop being worth 45 dollars, we need to do 112 stops a week or 22 stops a day.)
These can found in other facets of life, but this example encompasses all four stablezation methods. Our government uses three of the four (figure out which yourself) as do most high schools.

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