Wednesday, September 29, 2010

An experiment in Pavlovian Conditioning



Hello all, I am considering testing an old Psychology trick on my roommate and I could certainly use some ideas. The general premise is that I am going to recreate Ivan Pavlov's experiment with a humorous twist, but I need some creative input. I Want to take a neutral stimulus like say, playing a certain sound clip, or performing an obvious but meaningless task to condition my roommate, but I need some ideas. Post in the comment box on what you think I should condition my roommate to do (i.e. I play Brittney Spears music before I sit uncomfortably close to him to condition him to feel anxiety every time I play that music in passing). If it turns out to be particularly successful I will film the stimulus in action and post for you guys and gals :D

17 comments:

  1. play a song whenever hes in the bathroom so eventually it makes him need to go to the bathroom

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  2. Play "The Spanish Flea" whilst walking with your knees bent in an odd manner.

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  3. ehm i suggest playing some lustmord, preferably in a dark room

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  4. make it something very subtle, i dont know yet

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  5. Play Jeffree Star and lay down naked. Itll be a winner.

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  6. ive read and discussed this in a class before :D

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  7. Haha watch The Office, all the pranks they play on Dwight are so funny, although some of them seem like they would be nearly impossible to pull off.

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  8. The first comment

    "play a song whenever hes in the bathroom so eventually it makes him need to go to the bathroom"

    Is actually a really good idea. You should test if he gotta go when you play that song eventually

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  9. The first idea sounds interesting. It should be something he does every day. Something with TV or a car?

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  10. That's a really nice idea. I agree with first post, going to bathroom "on demand" might be funny.

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  11. I think you should just not "condition" your roommate.

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  12. haha this idea is hilarious, i am going to try it out.

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  13. I would say something more subtle like the sound of crickets while on the toilet, that might do the trick.

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  14. fascinating idea, looking forward to said results

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  15. Agree to something along the lines of the bathroom thing.

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