Well, pulling up closer isn't what I meant. But we definitely have intersections that are "tripped" by cars approaching. I know some that do. And, I approach those differently than the ones that I know are just timed. Ain't nothing gonna make the timed ones trip faster except some sort of here-to-for undisclosed time travel mechanism. But, for the ones that are tripped by a car's presence, approaching them slowly seems to trip them while flying right up to the stop line doesn't.
On 1/20/06, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It is. Superstitious behavior happens when the delivery of a > reinforcer or punisher occurs close together in time (temporal > contiguity) with an independent behavior. Therefore, the behavior is > accidentally reinforced or punished, increasing the likelihood of that > behavior occurring again. > > For example, you walk under a ladder and a minute later you trip and > fall. It is easy to attribute your accident to "bad luck" and the > irrelevant ladder. The reason an association is easy to form is > because your cultural belief that walking under a ladder will bring > bad luck is positively reinforced by your fall that occurred soon > after walking under the ladder. > > In terms of pulling up closer to the stop line at a traffic stop, if > you do it once in a while, and the light changes, then you're more > likely to pull up more often. If a perceived contingency is > established, (i.e., it occurs just frequently enough) then the person > is conditioned to pull up at traffic stops. > > larry > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:193633 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
