REINFORCERS:
To therapists, and especially, to Joe Blow this is an important question, for in order to increase, or decrease any given behaviour, they have to find some way reinforcing that behaviour or of reinforcing another behaviour to take it's place. One solution would be to depend on primary reinforcers--food, for example. But just as one person's Heaven is another person's Hell, food for one person is not food for another person. Some people adore drinks, while others find them cloying and unwholesome. Furthermore, the power of a primary reinforcer will vary with the degree of deprivation that has preceded it. Ten minutes after a heavy dinner, even a glutton may refuse food.
The "Reality Principle" states that-- an alcoholic drinks alcohol, a carpenter works with wood, an obese person is fat, a mechanic works with machinery---it is abnormal for them not to be or do so, therefore it is unsafe and creates an anxiety. The person then rationalizes that he or she must be "normal" and safe and as long as they are not anxiety remains.
Losing Weight--Read More: http://thegirvanway.blogspot.com/2010/10/psychology-of-losing-weight-how-to-keep.html
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