82. Which Is More Powerful: Reward or Punishment?

No Stupid Questions

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🗓️ 16 January 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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How is “negative reinforcement” different from punishment? Could positive reinforcement encourage prosocial behavior on a national scale? And what’s the deal with Taiwan’s dog-poop lottery?

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0:00.0	Everyone, get into your seats right now!
0:06.0	Hey!
0:07.0	You're listening to No Stupid Questions, the podcast that explores the weird and occasionally
0:14.0	wonderful ways in which humans behave.
0:17.0	Here are your hosts, Stephen Dumbner and Angela Duckworth.
0:21.0	Hey Angela, I have today the question I can't say.
0:29.0	I think to end all questions.
0:31.0	Great, we'll be finished with the poll podcast.
0:34.0	I think we're done after this.
0:35.0	Drops Mike.
0:36.0	This is elemental and you're the person to answer it.
0:39.0	Okay, no pressure.
0:40.0	And I can't believe it took me a year and a half of making the show to ask you.
0:44.0	I'm on Tenterhooks.
0:46.0	What are Tenterhooks anyway?
0:47.0	The things you hang aside a beef?
0:50.0	Yeah, there's a carcass involved or something.
0:52.0	The metaphor works because why?
0:54.0	I guess if you're on them, you really want to get off.
0:57.0	But doesn't the phrase mean when you're on Tenterhooks?
0:59.0	Like, I can't wait to...
1:00.0	Yeah, yeah, because I want to get off of these Tenterhooks.
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