Operant Conditioning Post

p     When I get a moment off from either work or school, I like to sit down and watch television or a movie. My sister, the little annoying person she is, likes to really get on my nerves. She'll stand in front of the television like it's no big deal just to block my view. So I decided to throw something at her everytime she does it.     I tried it, the first time, she just threw it back at me. Then it really started bugging her and I think she got a sense of what she was doing to me. I didn't think this would actually work but I shaped her behavior, she no longer stands in front of the television, but off to the side. She got really annoyed by being hit, so she figured it wasn't worth her time.     I think an environmental factor could be that I was yelling at her too, and yelling in any form can be a huge reinforcement because us as humans, usually take very sensitive to someone rasiing their voice.     Anyways, this experiment worked!   Nicki Messina