Jo Pyrah
@jopyrah.bsky.social
Co-founder & CEO Green Light PBS Ltd https://bsky.app/profile/autismcornwall.bsky.social All behaviour a product of my biology, environment & learning history thus far. He/ him. West Cornwall, UK
"If we define learning as behavior, what’s the point? Once you identify the expected behavior, ChatGPT is going to replicate it. So what can faculty do that ChatGPT can’t?" www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-...
Teaching Isn’t Obsolete, but Our Assignments Might Be
What matters isn’t what produced the text, it’s how students change through interaction. Behaviorism helps us trace that change through performance.
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May 24, 2025 at 7:27 AM
"If we define learning as behavior, what’s the point? Once you identify the expected behavior, ChatGPT is going to replicate it. So what can faculty do that ChatGPT can’t?" www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-...
Why AI Gets Learning Right and Cognitive Science Doesn’t
Behavior is behavior: What students do reflects the conditions we create. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-...
Behavior is behavior: What students do reflects the conditions we create. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-...
Why AI Gets Learning Right and Cognitive Science Doesn’t
What AI reveals about how we teach: When machines fall short, we adjust. When students do, we blame. Here's what that says about learning and instruction.
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May 1, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Why AI Gets Learning Right and Cognitive Science Doesn’t
Behavior is behavior: What students do reflects the conditions we create. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-...
Behavior is behavior: What students do reflects the conditions we create. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-...
PROMOTING POSITIVE BEHAVIOR: ANALYZING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE GOOD BEHAVIOR GAME IN CLASSROOM SETTINGS www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) PROMOTING POSITIVE BEHAVIOR: ANALYZING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE GOOD BEHAVIOR GAME IN CLASSROOM SETTINGS
PDF | This study aimed to evaluate the impact of the Good Behavior Game (GBG) on classroom behavior and students' perceptions of their abilities and... | Find, read and cite all the research you need ...
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April 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
PROMOTING POSITIVE BEHAVIOR: ANALYZING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE GOOD BEHAVIOR GAME IN CLASSROOM SETTINGS www.researchgate.net/publication/...
“The real problem is not whether machines think, but whether men do.”
– B.F. Skinner www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
– B.F. Skinner www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
When Your AI Assistant Is Much Smarter Than You
As AI eclipses us, what becomes of our intellect’s purpose and accountability?
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April 4, 2025 at 8:23 AM
“The real problem is not whether machines think, but whether men do.”
– B.F. Skinner www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
– B.F. Skinner www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
If, through behavioral therapy, people learn the coping skills to control impulses, foster positive behavior, and build executive functions like organization and time management, they can manage their ADHD to the point that they don’t exhibit symptoms www.nirandfar.com/psychiatry-k...
Is Psychiatry Keeping Us Sick?
Something is deeply wrong with the mental health system. Instead of leading to recovery, it often perpetuates cycles of dependency on therapy, medication, and diagnoses. Psychiatric diagnoses, which a...
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February 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
If, through behavioral therapy, people learn the coping skills to control impulses, foster positive behavior, and build executive functions like organization and time management, they can manage their ADHD to the point that they don’t exhibit symptoms www.nirandfar.com/psychiatry-k...
BF Skinner and the value of crackpot ideas www.bbc.co.uk/reel/video/p... #bfskinner
The WW2 experiment to make pigeon-guided missiles - BBC Reel
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February 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
BF Skinner and the value of crackpot ideas www.bbc.co.uk/reel/video/p... #bfskinner
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Anyone can become an MP. No training is required, and then they set the rules for everyone else. That’s absurd. All prospective parliamentarians and councillors should have to take an exam to prove their competence. youtu.be/JhUcUt15eB8?...
People standing for parliament should have to prove they’re competent
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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February 1, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Anyone can become an MP. No training is required, and then they set the rules for everyone else. That’s absurd. All prospective parliamentarians and councillors should have to take an exam to prove their competence. youtu.be/JhUcUt15eB8?...
Psychotropic deprescribing in ethnic minority individuals with a learning disability requires a more nuanced approach pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/opin...
Psychotropic deprescribing in ethnic minority individuals with a learning disability requires a more nuanced approach
Health inequalities are pervasive across our healthcare system, affecting different patients in different ways and requiring an increasingly nuanced approach to tackle them. For individuals from an et...
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January 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Psychotropic deprescribing in ethnic minority individuals with a learning disability requires a more nuanced approach pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/opin...
Independent commission to transform social care launched www.learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/news/governm...
Independent commission to transform social care launched
An independent commission has been launched by the government to help rebuild the adult social care system to meet the current and future needs of the population.
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January 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Independent commission to transform social care launched www.learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/news/governm...
Large language models surpass human experts in predicting neuroscience results www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Large language models surpass human experts in predicting neuroscience results - Nature Human Behaviour
Large language models (LLMs) can synthesize vast amounts of information. Luo et al. show that LLMs—especially BrainGPT, an LLM the authors tuned on the neuroscience literature—outperform experts in pr...
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November 28, 2024 at 8:44 AM
Large language models surpass human experts in predicting neuroscience results www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The Nurture Effect explores how we can build healthier, more resilient communities. Start reading today! 💙📚
#PositiveChange #SocialImpact #BehavioralScience #PositiveParenting #EffectiveParenting #ChangeMakers #SocialGood #BookForChange #BookRecommendations #MustReadBooks #ImpactfulReading
#PositiveChange #SocialImpact #BehavioralScience #PositiveParenting #EffectiveParenting #ChangeMakers #SocialGood #BookForChange #BookRecommendations #MustReadBooks #ImpactfulReading
November 15, 2024 at 8:13 PM
The Nurture Effect explores how we can build healthier, more resilient communities. Start reading today! 💙📚
#PositiveChange #SocialImpact #BehavioralScience #PositiveParenting #EffectiveParenting #ChangeMakers #SocialGood #BookForChange #BookRecommendations #MustReadBooks #ImpactfulReading
#PositiveChange #SocialImpact #BehavioralScience #PositiveParenting #EffectiveParenting #ChangeMakers #SocialGood #BookForChange #BookRecommendations #MustReadBooks #ImpactfulReading
Reposted by Jo Pyrah
Lucy Series looks at why the Mental Health Bill won’t stop Autistic people and people with Learning Disabilities being detained.
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Five reasons why the Mental Health Bill won’t stop the detention of autistic people and people with learning disabilities
The Mental Health Bill reaches its second reading in the House of Lords tonight. This is a quick post to explain why it won’t stop the detention of autistic people and people with learning di…
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November 25, 2024 at 12:34 PM
Lucy Series looks at why the Mental Health Bill won’t stop Autistic people and people with Learning Disabilities being detained.
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Dr Pat Friman’s TedX Omaha Talk youtu.be/lPQwvDUc-iM?...
November 24, 2024 at 10:27 AM
Dr Pat Friman’s TedX Omaha Talk youtu.be/lPQwvDUc-iM?...
