Rewards

In class today we were talking about intrinsic and extrinsic rewards and i realized that almost everything i do has extrinsic rewards. I go to work for the money, i go to school for the grades, i do or say certain things so i won't get in trouble of things like that. I don't want to go to work, usually go to school, do school work, or say certain things, but its something i do because i like the reward out of it. The only thing that is more intrinsic would be hanging out with my boyfriend of friends. i don't get rewarded for hanging out with them, i just do it because i like to. I almost feel as if i should do more intrinsic things, but then i think; "what would i get out of that"

Operant Conditioning in my life

After talking about operant conditioning i made the connection between something that happened to me that is actually operant conditining. Last year I was speeding down a street that i go down every day to get to school. just down the road i was pulled over and given a warning for speeding. Now whenever I drive down that same street everyday i watch my speed because I am afraid of being pulled over again.

Vision

This is my second attempt at posting my weekly blog for the second week. i thought it poster earlier when i did it, but it only saved it instead so I'm reposting it and hoping it works.
This week we talked a lot about vision and problems with eyes. I can very easily relate to vision problems because i can recognize many of the symptoms of bad vision because i have very terrible vision. Without my contacts i can barely read in front of me and driving would be very dangerous. At night i take out my contacts and wear glasses which also correct my vision. I noticed that the book never really mentioned that vision can worsen over time, and i know this for a fact is happening to me because every year when i have my annual eye appointment my vision is getting worse. For example last year my eyes were both -7 and now they are -7.25