The Brainwashing Book: Hypnotic, Erotic Behaviorism and Beyond by sleepingirl

Author:sleepingirl
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2019-11-06T13:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 8: TOOLS

In this section, we’ll be talking about some of the ways we can merge hypnosis and conditioning, effectively using one for the other and vice versa. When we think about adding hypnosis to enhance conditioning, we should start by thinking about how hypnosis adds a level of options available to us for reinforcement and punishment. We are modifying the behavior by adding or removing stimuli, not modifying the behavior directly through hypnosis. To some degree, this is about creativity and efficiency; operant and classical conditioning alone can help us to achieve many of our goals without hypnosis. So it becomes a fun process of stretching our minds and being able to incorporate hypnosis into our lives in a more tangible way, maybe even outside of traditional scenes. Using suggestion to alter factors like size and satiation of our reinforcements is another way to go about this. On the other hand, perhaps we can consider the possibility that hypnosis can provide something more effective than traditional reinforcement.

We’ll also be going in-depth about some well-loved tropes and techniques to see how they apply, as well as breaking them down to further understand how to utilize them in brainwashing and hypnosis in general. Periodically revisiting the basics with a new perspective (such as our growing knowledge of conditioning and hypnosis) allows us to become more comfortable and effective with them in our practice.

Lastly, some new concepts will be introduced that may be considered intermediate or advanced discussion related to hypnosis and brainwashing. In general, this chapter is meant to be somewhat of a “catch-all” for some of the informational tools, tricks, and techniques we have available to us.

Conditioned Reinforcers

The intersections between classical and operant conditioning are many, but one of the most useful marriages of the two is the creation and use of “conditioned reinforcers.” All organisms have basic drives—the need for food and water, for example. These are called primary reinforcers, because they are already present, and there is no pairing that has to happen to elicit them. A conditioned reinforcer, on the other hand, is a stimulus that’s been classically trained into the subject to act as a reward for operant conditioning. An example of this would famously be a dog clicker (which of course could be relevant for dogs or kinky humans).

Conditioned reinforcers can manifest spontaneously or without conscious intent, just like any classically conditioned response. If you’re frequently texting or messaging nice things with a partner, maybe seeing the icon pop up or hearing the sound of the notification gives you that good, excited feeling. It’s not the sound or sight of the messenger that is the reward, but your brain is expecting the good feelings you get when talking to them, based on more foundational drives.

We can, of course, create conditioned reinforcers that suit our needs when it comes to operant conditioning and training. Dog clickers or other objects with reliable tones are common to use for marking rewards. Even the words “Thank you” or “Very good” are already trained into us to be reinforcing.

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