Behavioral Psychology Techniques for Success- Conditioning and Reinforcement Strategies
Learning and Strengthening
At times, your thoughts may get in the way of successful execution of an idea. It’s because the mind gets conditioned to give attention to limiting behaviours, thoughts and habits. This causes misalignment. Find out how you can re-learn and strengthen your mind to be more success-seeking.
So often people pay the price of an expensive price for a missed opportunity. A lot of the times, this is the result of how the mind has been conditioned overtime to think from a fixed mindset rather than from a growth mindset. This can occur through a process of learning called, classical conditioning. It’s learning that occurs when a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a stimulus. This theory was identified by Ivan Pavlov. He noticed that each time he rang a bell before presenting food to dogs, they would begin to salivate because through classical conditioning, they associated the ringing of the bell (neutral stimulus) with food (stimulus).
With the case of developing a fixed mindset, over time you may have learned to associate a certain stimulus that you've been conditioned to with a conditioned response. For example, perhaps you’ve always been around negative, unsupportive people and their opinions have led you to turn your back on certain opportunities out of fear of being negatively judged. Later in life you may be in the company of uplifting and positive people, but you may perceive their good-hearted feedback as being judged this may create the same fear in you causing you to back down on potential success. What if you learn to reduce your fear of potential judgements and teach yourself to cope with unwanted situations and move ahead?
ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY
ACT was developed by Steven C. Hayes in 1982. Ithelps people unlearn limiting behaviours by acknowledging them and embracing their thoughts and feelings. It incorporates mindfulness along with behaviour change strategies to get one to commit to actions that will enrich their life.*
The ACT framework consists of six core processes:
Acceptance - allow the negative conditioned behaviour.
Cognitive Defusion - view the experience from opposite views.
Being Present - awareness of the present without predicting the outcome.
Self as Context - self outside of the experience.
