not really. think of it as a form of conditioning. the kid starts associating a very positive reinforcement with the happy meal. McDonald's then starts colonizing the future - they become more assured of future customers.
There's the reinforcement relief. Parents are more likely to buy a happy meal in the future if it stops the kid from punishing them by having temper tantrums, crying, screaming etc. Again the result is more profits for McDonald's. Sounds like a crock maybe but I seen this happen enough with some fairly simple demonstrations of shaping behavior. And the person is never aware of it happening. And that's doing something quite innocuous. Now McDonald's has some of the best child psychology researchers around who spend most of their time designing this sort of thing.hell some of them have pioneered these techniques. Another point to consider the study CSPI is referring to found a very strong relationship between how often the kids get happy meals and childhood obesity. As afar as I can see any way of preventing fat kids is a good thing. That is of course one wants to pay for all the health complications in the future. On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 12:28 PM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: > > What a Kroc of shit :) > > On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), has announced >> it will sue McDonalds unless the fast-food franchise stops using toys >> to market its Happy Meals to children. >> >> This morning, CSPI notified McDonalds that we will file a lawsuit >> against the company unless it stops using toys to beguile young >> children, said Executive Director Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D.. >> >> We contend that tempting kids with toys is unfair and deceptive both >> to kids who dont understand the concept of advertising and to their >> parents who have to put up with their nagging children, >> >> There is a matter of corporate responsibility as well as personal >> responsibility, he said. Parents have a responsibility. This is an >> instance where this corporation has decided to try to go around the >> parents and market straight to the kids to bribe the kids to come. >> >> Theyre deliberately trying to supplant parental authority and >> parental responsibility by turning these kids into little screaming >> viral marketers sitting in the backseat demanding to go to McDonalds >> to get some cheap piece of plastic, >> >> >> >> So much for personal responsibility. They pay lip service to it, but >> are completely ignoring it in the rush to help build a nanny state. >> >> If happy meals are bad for your kid, don't buy them. If they complain, >> man up and be a parent. >> >> -- >> Sent from my mobile device >> >> J >> >> === >> >> The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrant >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:321786 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
