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David Letterman kept the Ed Sullivan Theater around 55 degrees F because the temperature keeps the audience alert.

Apparently back in the 80s, Dave experimented with different temperatures on different shows. He tried 75 one day. 65 another day. The day he went with 55, jokes really hit and from then on that was the temperature. http://www.sandpapersuit.com/2011/07/why-letterman-keeps-his-studio-so-cool.html

Some folks say David Letterman doesn’t want to break into a sweat during intense interviews under hot studio lights. But, according to George Clarke, Theater and Building Engineer for CBS, the cool air makes the sound crisper and keeps the audience more alert. “Crowd reaction is very important in this business, and the comedy stays fresh in the cold, too” says Clarke...

At about 5 o’clock each week night, Clarke and his boss, Joe Soldano, Building Manager, must make sure that the temperature of the Ed Sullivan Theater is pulled down to 50° F before the audience arrives. The MULTISTACK chiller has never failed to cool things down. “The stagehands call this place ‘the refrigerator’.” In the filming rooms everyone sits around in winter coats, hats and gloves. They, too, are kept crisp and alert by the cool temperature. via http://www.multistack.com/casestudies/david_letterman.aspx

Instead of dumping the humidity outdoors, why not have an option to condense it to a water holding tank, thus offsetting the need to purchase water? This sounds like it might even be able to distill water, which would further save money for those who need distilled water for apnea devices and other uses.

Conditioning can be done in conjunction with strength work. Use low recovery periods with multiple sets.

It teaches what not to do (avoidance) but not how to act desirably.

Conditioning has no bearing on showing understanding of the lessons learned. Can a rat explain why it is shocked vs getting a food pellet? Can it transfer that knowledge to a new situation? Or is conditioning simply forming habits?

Immediately praising or responding can increase the association of the behavior with the response.

We learn that removing children screaming makes our situation more pleasant. The method of removing that child is the learned behavior.

This seems to counter learned behaviors. There is no reinforcement after this kind of response. How does it fit?

Maybe it fits because operant conditioning is concerned with learning, not necessarily responses?

Applying motivations after the fact. All behaviors are determined by the response and are learned.

Conditioning is appropriate in some cases - military training, athletics. Does it have a place in schools? If a behavior is conditioned, it is learned, but is that learned response able to push the learner to use it in next contexts?

Are some instances of conditioning more okay because they can be transferred? Or is all conditioning as learning mechanism dubious?

Environment and experiences!

We have no bearing toward or away from nicotine on it's own. It's the pairing of nicotine (via the cigarette) and the release of dopamine that our body learns to crave.

Step 1 of the habit cycle.

A stimulus that does not cause a response is paired with a stimulus that does cause a response, linking those to stimuli.

Reflexes, natural responses to stimuli. Blinking in sunlight, yawning when tired, etc.

Skinner.

Conditioning is often presented as a way to achieve behaviors automatically. If those behaviors are things like self-regulation and awareness, is that a bad thing?

If we condition students to calm themselves at a sound (like the meditation bowl thing) have they learned self-regulation? Or are they simply responding to a stimulus out of habit?

Am I interested in forming habits which take over in specific situations or forming students who are aware of themselves and then choose the habits they want to develop?

Is this another method of learning? Or is it the same method - the same mechanism - just in the other direction?

If we remove conditioned stimuli from our schools, would students unlearn those conditioned responses?

This makes it sound like it is an inevitable process. If we are aware of the conditioning, are we able to work against it somehow?

Is this a cue that can be interrupted with a new routine?

There is no self with behaviorism - all learning is due to the environment and the physical responses.

Holland JG. Behaviorism: Part of the problem or part of the solution. J Appl Behav Anal. 1978;11(1):163-74. doi:10.1901/jaba.1978.11-163

The key is learned association. Conditioning is obviously important, but what role does it have in the context for formal schooling?

Wolpe J, Plaud JJ. Pavlov's contributions to behavior therapy. The obvious and not so obvious. Am Psychol. 1997;52(9):966-72.

!- comment : Deep conditioning

!- Chandrakurti : don't fool yourself about the elephant - keep your eye focused on the serpent - the actual FEELING and BELIEF that you are what experiences the mind and body, that you are the subject that witnesses all objects - this is the REAL sign that you are attached to the serpent, still caught in the self illusion. --This is the subtle self deception that is extremely difficult to overcome, the innate self illusion that comes from a lifetime of affective conditioning - to upright this innate self-illusion requires monumental effort - actions speak louder than words! - Hume is in essence saying the same thing as Chandrakurti

Derek Thompson. (2021, August 25). Adult hospitalizations since July 1 vs. Vaccinations, by state: 1) The relationship between more vaccines and less hospitalization is pretty straightforward. 2) Holy moly, Florida. Among states with more than one shot per person, FL really is on its own island of pain. Https://t.co/tuTAdUT0OM [Tweet]. @DKThomp. https://twitter.com/DKThomp/status/1430643278337163267

Can Air Conditioners Spread COVID-19? (n.d.). NPR.Org. Retrieved August 22, 2020, from https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/08/15/897147164/can-air-conditioners-spread-covid-19

Does air conditioning spread the coronavirus? (n.d.). NBC News. Retrieved July 5, 2020, from https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/does-air-conditioning-spread-coronavirus-n1232175