#23 - Using Radical Behaviorism to Set and Accomplish Goals - Pt. 2

Show Notes

• About the episode

  In this episode, Zach and Caleb continue their discussion with Dr. Adithyan "Dithu" Rajaraman about using radical behaviorism to set and accomplish goals.
  

  Learning Objectives

  1. Evaluate how systematically programmed environmental contingencies (such as peer check-ins and shared community milestones) mitigate procrastination by altering the immediate consequences of behavioral variance.

  2. Describe how long-term consistency and iterative environmental selection reshape individual behavioral typographies over time, contrasting sudden, non-linear performance shifts with gradual optimization.

  3. Analyze how quantifiable data streams from consumer technology (such as wearable fitness devices) can be structured within a changing-criterion framework to systematically adjust response requirements based on baseline data.

• Things to check out from the episode:
  

  References:
  Baum, W. M. (2017). Understanding behaviorism: Behavior, culture, and evolution. John Wiley & Sons.
  Catania, A. C. (1975). The myth of self-reinforcement. Behaviorism, 3(2), 192-199.
  Peterson, S. M., Aljadeff-Abergel, E., Eldridge, R. R., VanderWeele, N. J., & Acker, N. S. (2021). Conceptualizing self-determination from a behavioral perspective: The role of choice, self-control, and self-management. Journal of Behavioral Education, 30, 299-318.
  Skinner, B. F. (1984). Selection by consequences. Behavioral and brain sciences, 7(4), 477-481.

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