I feel that boredom is what is driving these such behaviors in this case. However I feel that there are many other things in this case that could drive these behaviors. Since that person was in there for 41 some hours, they probably were hungry or thirsty. They may have performed these behaviors or actions to get their mind and thoughts off such things as food and water. However I feel that boredom may be the biggest factor that has encouraged these behaviors in this person.
First off I felt really bad for this guy. Secondly, how could they have just left this guy in the elevator for 41 hrs, they obviously had surveillance so they knew he was trapped in the elevator.
I agree with what Jackie said, that boredom is driving these behaviors, but also, I think that the behavior of boredom can only last for so long until you go into survival mode. When it shows him prying the doors open, standing on the railing trying to open up the ceiling, I believe he is exhibiting a type of survival behavior of trying to get out of there. Also when he is shown sleeping or laying down, that could also be seen as survival because he is resting and trying to gain back energy exhibited trying to escape the elevator. That is my take on this...
A Stuck in an elevator for 41 hours
B- boredom and frustration
C- Sleeping due to the fact that he is stuck in an elevator
I think that i did my ABC wrong but I found what they did to the poor guy just crude and unusual punishment. I did not see that what happened was pleasureable at all
I noticed that you felt that your ABCs were wrong. I would possibly change you A to equal the boredom and frustration and then the B equaling the sleeping, however I would still be confused as to what the consequence would be....maybe C would equal just more boredom and frustration.
I mainly noticed extinction from the fact that every time you get into an elevator and push a button it gets you to your destination within minutes. Until this time, the elevator broke causing an extinction. The person stcuk in the elevator had an extinction burst, even thought he elevator was not budging, he tried multiple times pressing the button and opening the doors but nothing was working. That didn't stop him though.
A= the elevator broke, causing the extinction
B= the person had an extinction burst
C= Becoming satiated from the effort to get out of the elevator.
I think that boredom drove most of this guys behaviors, for the most part. As well as being deprived of sleep, food, or water. I noticed that he tried to open the doors many times only to see the same cement wall, as well as a few other ways of escaping-- so that could be considered an extinction burst.
This video is insane! I don't know how that guy didn't enter some kind of psychosis! A first it seems as though he is getting frustrated and bored only minutes into the ordeal, he continously punches buttons until he experiences an extiction burst due to the lack of a response and reward from the elevator. He then becomes anxious and frantically searches around the elevator for a way out! I was getting annoyed just watching the sped up version or the incident i couldn't imagine being in that guys position at all. My favorite part is at the end when they place that discriminative stimuli outside the elevator probably saying "out of order," I bet that guy wishes he would have known it were out of order.
I think this is a great example of extinction burst because this man is stuck in the elevator that he should be able to escape from. He is used to the fact that when the door opens he can step out, but the door keeps opening a little ways and closing a little ways which is tricking him. He is acting strange probably because of being alone in a small place with no food or drink. Also this could describe establishing operation because once that door finally opens he will be so positively reinforced that he may never try to enter an elevator again!
I can't believe this video. Watching his behavior in this video I think he was experiencing extinction burst because the way he kept hitting the buttons in the elevator. When we enter an elevator the doors close and we hit a button of the floor we want to go to, and then taken to that floor. He got into the elevator and of course was stuck in there for 41 hours and the elevator wasn't taking him where he wanted to go. He wasn't getting reinforced for his behavior of hitting the button. To put it into the ABCs it would be this
A- Elevator isn't moving
B-HItting the button over and over again
C- getting frustrated and doing other activities to keep busy
I believe that initially the man experienced an extinction burst, trying many things to get out of the elevator and discovered that no matter what he did that he would not be reinforced. After being stuck for several hours in the elevator, the man most likely started to focus on his survival after becoming hungry, thirsty, and exhausted. After discovering that he had no food/water, he focused on getting sleep to maintain his strength. Towards the end, I'm sure the man was just trying to do other activities to keep from losing his mind.
A- Elevator is stuck
B- Extinction burst
C- after no reinforcement, the man began focusing on emiting other behaviors.
The whole time during this video, I kept thinking of extinction bursts. When he realized the door wasn't working properly, he started trying different ways of getting it to work...he pushed the button multiple times and he kept trying to open the door.
A-elevator not working
B-trying to open the door
C-do other things to keep him busy
I chose to do the opening of the door as the behavior. I am a little confused on whether it is positive or negative. As a consequence of trying to open the door, he has to find other ways to try and get out and also keep himself from losing his mind.
Not only are extinction burst occuring because he is so often reinforced for using the elevator pressing the button and getting where he needs to be, but because of movies. He does the whole (assuming since there is no sound) yelling for help thing. He does the pushing of buttons, attempts to open the door himself (maybe to carry his voice). These behaviors are all not being reinforced because no one comes to his rescue. But the potential for help elicits he keep trying. Now about the movies. At one point we see him climbing up, perhaps attempting to open a service door at the top of the elevator. What he plans to do if he gets it open, we will not know, but we can assume he plans to escape the box and climb to saftey. This is only something we see in movies. So seeing this work on a screen before he tries it but is unfortunately not reinforced because it doesn't work. He however attempts later on during an extinction burst. Very interesting video, I couldn't help but wonder what my reaction would have been like or what I could have occupied myself with during a 41 hour entrapment.
This would suck so much. If this happened to me I would be freaking out way more than this guy was. If this was to be analyzed with the ABC's the..
A= would be taking a smoke break, entering the elevator, and then getting stuck.
B=The behavior would be trying to do different things to get out of the elevator, trying to find ways to keep himself entertained while also trying to get out.
C= the consequence would be after he gets probably never wanting to go into another elevator again.
As I watched the video it was interesting to see the guy go through extinction bursts after the doors didn't open. The poor guy tried everything and nothing worked.
Holy cow. I do not think I would be able to keep my sanity after being in an elevator for 41 hours. You can really see each and every extinction burst he has. He's used to being reinforced and now he is trapped!
Normal ABC
A. push floor button
B. ride elevator to desired floor
C. doors open and let you out
His experience:
A. push floor button
B. ride elevator to desired floor
C. doors lock and you are stuck
This is a really interesting instance, because often antecedents come in stimulus form, but there's not a whole lot happening in an elevator that's stuck for 41 hours. It's not uncommon for behaviors to be antecedents for other behaviors. Laying down could let him notice the ceiling of the elevator, which could elicit an exploration behavior. I'm sure there was a bit of extinction burst in the beginning as well, when the elevator didn't open on his floor and he started pressing buttons to see if any of them will make the elevator move.
A. Elevator stops
B. Presses buttons
C. Nothing happens, undergoes extinction burst, then extinction for a while.
Back to A:
A. Knowledge that buttons don't do anything, desperation to get out of elevator.
B. Pacing, door-opening, roof checking
C. No result, undergoes extinction burst, then extinction for a while.
I find it quiet horrible that a person has to be stuck in an elevator that long when a secretory camera is in it. Course not everything is known in this situation. There are probably a number of antecedents for his behaviors. Two key ones being his desperation to get out, which elicits exploring behaviors, and boredom would elicit similar behavior responses. Not to mention a boat load of extinction bursts with button pushing, opening the door, exploring for ways out.
Stuck in a square box with nothing to do...anything as a distraction would be nice.
I would go insane if I was trapped in an elevator. I get claustrophobic really easily. I felt so bad for that guy. I might have been better if there was someone in there stuck with him. I hope he got some sort of compensetation. Forty one hours is ridiculous.
A= taking elevator
B= trapped in elevator for over a day
C= taking the stairs
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I feel that boredom is what is driving these such behaviors in this case. However I feel that there are many other things in this case that could drive these behaviors. Since that person was in there for 41 some hours, they probably were hungry or thirsty. They may have performed these behaviors or actions to get their mind and thoughts off such things as food and water. However I feel that boredom may be the biggest factor that has encouraged these behaviors in this person.
First off I felt really bad for this guy. Secondly, how could they have just left this guy in the elevator for 41 hrs, they obviously had surveillance so they knew he was trapped in the elevator.
I agree with what Jackie said, that boredom is driving these behaviors, but also, I think that the behavior of boredom can only last for so long until you go into survival mode. When it shows him prying the doors open, standing on the railing trying to open up the ceiling, I believe he is exhibiting a type of survival behavior of trying to get out of there. Also when he is shown sleeping or laying down, that could also be seen as survival because he is resting and trying to gain back energy exhibited trying to escape the elevator. That is my take on this...
A Stuck in an elevator for 41 hours
B- boredom and frustration
C- Sleeping due to the fact that he is stuck in an elevator
I think that i did my ABC wrong but I found what they did to the poor guy just crude and unusual punishment. I did not see that what happened was pleasureable at all
I noticed that you felt that your ABCs were wrong. I would possibly change you A to equal the boredom and frustration and then the B equaling the sleeping, however I would still be confused as to what the consequence would be....maybe C would equal just more boredom and frustration.
I mainly noticed extinction from the fact that every time you get into an elevator and push a button it gets you to your destination within minutes. Until this time, the elevator broke causing an extinction. The person stcuk in the elevator had an extinction burst, even thought he elevator was not budging, he tried multiple times pressing the button and opening the doors but nothing was working. That didn't stop him though.
A= the elevator broke, causing the extinction
B= the person had an extinction burst
C= Becoming satiated from the effort to get out of the elevator.
I think that boredom drove most of this guys behaviors, for the most part. As well as being deprived of sleep, food, or water. I noticed that he tried to open the doors many times only to see the same cement wall, as well as a few other ways of escaping-- so that could be considered an extinction burst.
This video is insane! I don't know how that guy didn't enter some kind of psychosis! A first it seems as though he is getting frustrated and bored only minutes into the ordeal, he continously punches buttons until he experiences an extiction burst due to the lack of a response and reward from the elevator. He then becomes anxious and frantically searches around the elevator for a way out! I was getting annoyed just watching the sped up version or the incident i couldn't imagine being in that guys position at all. My favorite part is at the end when they place that discriminative stimuli outside the elevator probably saying "out of order," I bet that guy wishes he would have known it were out of order.
Great analysis of the man's actions! Very interesting!
I think this is a great example of extinction burst because this man is stuck in the elevator that he should be able to escape from. He is used to the fact that when the door opens he can step out, but the door keeps opening a little ways and closing a little ways which is tricking him. He is acting strange probably because of being alone in a small place with no food or drink. Also this could describe establishing operation because once that door finally opens he will be so positively reinforced that he may never try to enter an elevator again!
I can't believe this video. Watching his behavior in this video I think he was experiencing extinction burst because the way he kept hitting the buttons in the elevator. When we enter an elevator the doors close and we hit a button of the floor we want to go to, and then taken to that floor. He got into the elevator and of course was stuck in there for 41 hours and the elevator wasn't taking him where he wanted to go. He wasn't getting reinforced for his behavior of hitting the button. To put it into the ABCs it would be this
A- Elevator isn't moving
B-HItting the button over and over again
C- getting frustrated and doing other activities to keep busy
I believe that initially the man experienced an extinction burst, trying many things to get out of the elevator and discovered that no matter what he did that he would not be reinforced. After being stuck for several hours in the elevator, the man most likely started to focus on his survival after becoming hungry, thirsty, and exhausted. After discovering that he had no food/water, he focused on getting sleep to maintain his strength. Towards the end, I'm sure the man was just trying to do other activities to keep from losing his mind.
A- Elevator is stuck
B- Extinction burst
C- after no reinforcement, the man began focusing on emiting other behaviors.
The whole time during this video, I kept thinking of extinction bursts. When he realized the door wasn't working properly, he started trying different ways of getting it to work...he pushed the button multiple times and he kept trying to open the door.
A-elevator not working
B-trying to open the door
C-do other things to keep him busy
I chose to do the opening of the door as the behavior. I am a little confused on whether it is positive or negative. As a consequence of trying to open the door, he has to find other ways to try and get out and also keep himself from losing his mind.
Not only are extinction burst occuring because he is so often reinforced for using the elevator pressing the button and getting where he needs to be, but because of movies. He does the whole (assuming since there is no sound) yelling for help thing. He does the pushing of buttons, attempts to open the door himself (maybe to carry his voice). These behaviors are all not being reinforced because no one comes to his rescue. But the potential for help elicits he keep trying. Now about the movies. At one point we see him climbing up, perhaps attempting to open a service door at the top of the elevator. What he plans to do if he gets it open, we will not know, but we can assume he plans to escape the box and climb to saftey. This is only something we see in movies. So seeing this work on a screen before he tries it but is unfortunately not reinforced because it doesn't work. He however attempts later on during an extinction burst. Very interesting video, I couldn't help but wonder what my reaction would have been like or what I could have occupied myself with during a 41 hour entrapment.
This would suck so much. If this happened to me I would be freaking out way more than this guy was. If this was to be analyzed with the ABC's the..
A= would be taking a smoke break, entering the elevator, and then getting stuck.
B=The behavior would be trying to do different things to get out of the elevator, trying to find ways to keep himself entertained while also trying to get out.
C= the consequence would be after he gets probably never wanting to go into another elevator again.
As I watched the video it was interesting to see the guy go through extinction bursts after the doors didn't open. The poor guy tried everything and nothing worked.
Holy cow. I do not think I would be able to keep my sanity after being in an elevator for 41 hours. You can really see each and every extinction burst he has. He's used to being reinforced and now he is trapped!
Normal ABC
A. push floor button
B. ride elevator to desired floor
C. doors open and let you out
His experience:
A. push floor button
B. ride elevator to desired floor
C. doors lock and you are stuck
This is a really interesting instance, because often antecedents come in stimulus form, but there's not a whole lot happening in an elevator that's stuck for 41 hours. It's not uncommon for behaviors to be antecedents for other behaviors. Laying down could let him notice the ceiling of the elevator, which could elicit an exploration behavior. I'm sure there was a bit of extinction burst in the beginning as well, when the elevator didn't open on his floor and he started pressing buttons to see if any of them will make the elevator move.
A. Elevator stops
B. Presses buttons
C. Nothing happens, undergoes extinction burst, then extinction for a while.
Back to A:
A. Knowledge that buttons don't do anything, desperation to get out of elevator.
B. Pacing, door-opening, roof checking
C. No result, undergoes extinction burst, then extinction for a while.
I find it quiet horrible that a person has to be stuck in an elevator that long when a secretory camera is in it. Course not everything is known in this situation. There are probably a number of antecedents for his behaviors. Two key ones being his desperation to get out, which elicits exploring behaviors, and boredom would elicit similar behavior responses. Not to mention a boat load of extinction bursts with button pushing, opening the door, exploring for ways out.
Stuck in a square box with nothing to do...anything as a distraction would be nice.
I would go insane if I was trapped in an elevator. I get claustrophobic really easily. I felt so bad for that guy. I might have been better if there was someone in there stuck with him. I hope he got some sort of compensetation. Forty one hours is ridiculous.
A= taking elevator
B= trapped in elevator for over a day
C= taking the stairs