Stimulus

February 19

I am thankful for the stimuli that force us to get off our behinds and take action.

This photo was taken with my macro lens at the memorial service for Jack Curtis, my wife's uncle. This spur was from one of his boots on display at the front of the church, along with his beloved cowboy hat. Spurs are worn on the heels of cowboy riding boots for the purpose of stimulating the horse to action, to either move forward or laterally, with a gentle kick from the heels.  This is the reason that I used spurs to represent stimulus.

stimulus response

b.f. skinner was great with stimulus and response

he designed experiments to test

the motivating factor for behavior

of the ways we act and all the rest

he said everything that we all do

is for the reward obtained

so how is it that i

have pressed the lever 500 times

without any reward gained?

© rt tulley