Midwestmommy
Proud Parent
Has anyone else seen the Brain Games show and the episode on anger? I thought the experiment showing the monkeys in side by side cages getting different rewards for the same task was hilarious. They put a nut or something in the cage and the monkey had to hand it back. One money got a piece of cucumber as a reward and the other got a grape. Apparently monkeys much prefer the sweet juicy grapes.
After a few turns, the one getting the cucumber got so mad he threw the cucumber at the scientist and started rattling his cage.
The point was to illustrate that primates are hard wired with this reaction of anger over thousands of years as a means of survival and fighting for your share.
I wish I could show that experiment to the coaches who think blatant favoritism is OK--seems like "unearned" favoritism could actually be pretty destructive and distracting.
Not that my daughter is a monkey, though sometimes she thinks she is...
Another experiment (I think the show was on stress) showed the effectiveness of positive feedback and advice versus verbal tirades on human performance (haha on humans playing that game that pops up if you don't fit all the pieces in on time)...... I've known a few folks in my day who should take a look at that one too.
Just saying...
After a few turns, the one getting the cucumber got so mad he threw the cucumber at the scientist and started rattling his cage.
The point was to illustrate that primates are hard wired with this reaction of anger over thousands of years as a means of survival and fighting for your share.
I wish I could show that experiment to the coaches who think blatant favoritism is OK--seems like "unearned" favoritism could actually be pretty destructive and distracting.
Not that my daughter is a monkey, though sometimes she thinks she is...
Another experiment (I think the show was on stress) showed the effectiveness of positive feedback and advice versus verbal tirades on human performance (haha on humans playing that game that pops up if you don't fit all the pieces in on time)...... I've known a few folks in my day who should take a look at that one too.
Just saying...