Daria1997

Ms. Janet Barch:
Now, before I divide the class into teams of two, who can give me another example of reinforcement? [Nobody in the class answers] Fine, class. Ignore me... just like he did! Kevin?

Kevin Thompson:
Uh...

Ms. Janet Barch:
Shut up, Kevin! Daria? Reinforcement?

Daria Morgendorffer:
Hmm... to make a child stop crying, a mother might say, "That's it! I'm sending you to El Paso to live with your real father." Whenever the child gets upset, the mother might wave an airline ticket in her face, or maybe even frame it on the wall by the clown picture. The ticket stops the girl from crying, or showing any emotion... ever.

Ms. Janet Barch:
Right, that's...

Daria Morgendorffer:
Years later, seeing an airplane or just hearing one fly overhead can unleash a Pandora's Box of repressed anger, shattering the grown child's fragile psyche and triggering a psychotic and possibly deadly episode.