New Anthropic research reveals how AI reward hacking leads to dangerous behaviors, including models giving harmful advice ...

Rewards are one of the most common ways that people think of to get other people to do stuff. In the talks that I give on the topic I tell people that rewards are actually one of the least effective ...

Punishing students for poor performance may be more effective than rewarding them for doing well, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis. In an ...

In my last blog post, I wrote about using a continuous reinforcement schedule when you want to establish a new behavior. And I hinted that you should change that schedule after the behavior is ...

Kindergarten students at Liberty Arts Magnet School show off their Spartan Bucks, which are earned through good behavior. Mackenzi Klemann/The Lima News LIMA — Signs around Liberty Arts Magnet School ...

From snacking to mindless scrolling on social media, learn how to break bad habits with proven psychological techniques and ...

Every parent has offered incentives: “If you’re patient while I get the tires rotated, we’ll get ice cream afterwards.” Or, “if you play nicely with your cousin, you can use the iPad before dinner.” ...

One reason some people find slot machines so addictive is that they never know when dropping a quarter will win a jackpot. The uncertainty helps keep some people playing. In one experiment, the ...

Issuers are fine-tuning their rewards strategies, using carrots that can encourage fiscal responsibility and help them weed out less-desirable accounts. While traditional rewards programs based on ...

Your small business must achieve the goals you set so it can succeed. However, you must achieve those goals by motivating others in your organization. The threat of punishment has long been ...

Ever scolded your dog, only to see them look at you like you’re speaking another language? That’s because, to them, you are.

One 4-year-old never expected to get recognized and rewarded by his bus driver for "good behavior" Tereza Shkurtaj is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working for PEOPLE since 2025. Her work ...