The most effective alternative process [to punishment] is probably extinction. This takes time but is much more rapid than allowing the response to be forgotten. The technique seems to be relatively free of objectionable by-products. We recommend it, for example when we suggest that a parent 'pay no attention' to objectionable behavior on the part of his child. If the child's behavior is strong only because it has been reinforced by 'getting a rise out of' the parent, it will disappear when this consequence is no longer forthcoming. (p. 192)
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When people don't like you... you feel it. They don't pay attention at you... they some kind a ignore you... they don't talk a lot of with you.....
To be alone with myself in the space of silence is horrifying, for I know with the utmost certainty that in that space I will hear the very things that I constantly use the clamor to drown out. And so the question becomes, how long can I keep up all the noise?
Great leaders catch and correct problems while they__e still small and able to be managed without a lot of hassle. If ignored too long, small problems will morph into much bigger issues that will require more time and effort and at a high cost, causing a great deal of disruption and stress.
The best way to vanquish your enemies on the Internet? Ignore them._
History shows: Whenever people try to pull you down, you will reach peaks of success. You just need the ability to ignore.
Very high altitude astronomy only works by ignoring established biological science
Express [yourself] without worrying what everyone else will think. Those people are your limits. Ignore them.
There are consequences to ignoring consequences that are a consequence of my blatant unwillingness to learn from my consequences.
I__ getting my stuff,_ he said, and bolted for the steps.__ou don__ have to move out,_ Astrid called after him.Sam stopped halfway up the steps. __h, I__ sorry. Is that the voice of the council telling me where I can go?___here__ no point having a town council if you think you don__ have to listen to it,_ Astrid said. She was using her patient voice, trying to calm the situation. __am, if you ignore us, no one will pay attention.___uess what, Astrid, they__e already ignoring you. The only reason anyone pays any attention to you and the others is because they__e scared of Edilio__ soldiers._ He thumped his chest. __nd even more scared of me.
If you ignore the red flags, embrace the heartache to come.
Okay... now I am going to try to ignore you... I gonna try to screw you up...
Laugh, and the world laughs with you.Scream, and everyone ignores you.
Working for OSHA is a horrible job to have. You have to ignore the whistle blowers and send them illegal letters saying that you cannot find any problems. I have a lot of those fraudulent letters, as I have been through OSHA twice. Once as the utility company employee and once as the utility company subcontractor employee. It is a disgusting & blatently corrupt system.
Ignorance is avoiding that which stands in front of me out of the misplaced hope that it will put what I__ ignoring behind me. Instead, it__ most certain to drop it on top of me.
The __ods_ that do us the greatest harm are the gods we deny having.
Leaving a place, a person or a country silently and without any notice is a heroic and a noble way of teaching the importance of your presence to those who ignore your existence!
God cannot be happy when we ignore such issues as crime, corruption, alcoholism and child neglect