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Originally Posted by wiiziwiig
Im curious who these "bad parents" are and what exactly it is you think they are doing. Are you suggesting some form of Munchausen syndrome by proxy?
Read the wiki article I posted.
Operant conditioning.
People (and especially children) will repeat behaviors that results in positive reinforcement from people/parents, and will stop doing the behavior, if it results in negative reinforcement. This is known as Thorndike's law of effect.
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The law of effect is a psychology principle advanced by Edward Thorndike in 1898 on the matter of behavioral conditioning (not then formulated as such) which states that "responses that produce a satisfying effect in a particular situation become more likely to occur again in that situation, and responses that produce a discomforting effect become less likely to occur again in that situation.
This is backed up by tons of research. Kids repeat things that bring them positive attention, even if it's not entirely true/accurate.
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Humans appear to learn many simple behaviors through the sort of process studied by Thorndike, now called operant conditioning. That is, responses are retained when they lead to a successful outcome and discarded when they do not, or when they produce aversive effects. This usually happens without being planned by any "teacher", but operant conditioning has been used by parents in teaching their children for thousands of years.
We've reinforced behaviors, quite well, using this method, and in most cases, it's the natural response to conditioning desirable/acceptable behavior.
As far as your question, as ignorant as it is when it come to the parent/child dynamic...
Children see their parent as gods, who can do no wrong, even when the behavior is clearly bad to most adults. A kid does not know any better, because they have not grown up, and have very little experience, or knowledge to derive a competent opinion about who they are, themselves, and is largely predicated on how the parent views them, and their behavior. (A kid will argue about the authority being unfair, but they rarely argue about the parent being wrong)
This is known psychological stuff, that is completely ignored when it comes to trans issues, and kids. How many kids have been taught they are not gay, and the kids buy into it (at least until they mature, and realize what's going on)?
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