Narked

[brrm]

I have just come across the TV programme which teaches women how to train their husbands like a dog. Can you imagine the fuss if it was "Train your wife like a dog"? I think it's partly the fact that it's done hidden-camera, without the husband's knowledge, that pisses me off.

Grrrrnghghggh.

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[chrisvenus]

Yeah, reminds me all of pavlov. You associate a given thing with something else. I think that this is a perfectly valid tool if somebody wants to change but the impression I get is that it is being used against somebody without their knowledge.

If you say "Yeah, I really wish that I could break the habit of leaving dirty dishes lying around after cooking" then I think its quite valid if your wife (or whatever) gives you a doggy treat (metaphorically) after you do it to "train you".

If however your wife decides she doesn't like you playing golf every saturday then her trying to train you out of that is entirely inappropriate in my opinion.


I don't subscribe for a second to any notion that humans are controlled by their abstract reasoning ability; emotions are what drive all animals, for sound common-sense reasons, and psychology is slowly discovering that humans are no different

Oooh... now there is something I can disagree with. Emotions contribute to a person's behaviour but they don't rule it. I can override my emotions at any point with a force of will and make a conscious decision not to follow a path that my emotions encourage me to. My emotions suggest things and sometimes I go along with it, other times I don't. If you can point me at any articles (preferably whcih can be easily skimmed since I don't ahve time to read huge amounts of papers) that contradict me (or support me) then I'd be interested in reading them.

ANyway, just some random thoughts.