PerfectChaosZ posted...
According to most child rearing studies, giving a child rewards encourages good behavior more than the threat of pain. This type of study seems to work every time it is presented, so I'm inclined to believe Pleasure > Pain.
Do they threaten to cut off limbs if the child doesn't behave? Of course positive reinforcement works with kids, because we aren't willing to go far enough. Getting a spank on the bottom is nothing. Imagine if you start cutting on them.
And no, I am not advocating we start cutting up kids to get them to behave. I'm just pointing out the fact that there's different levels of pain that can be induced on someone. If someone says they'll punch me in the arm if I eat a sandwich, I'll probably still eat it. If they threaten to cut off my balls if I eat said sandwich, probably not going to eat it.
The problem is that there's so many hideously gruesome ways to inflict pain on someone that it'll always be a stronger motivator than pleasure. And I think that's the key wording here: stronger.
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