Can classical conditioning be used as a tool for behaviour restructuring?

Question

Heres what I mean: you all know the story of the dog that eventually salivated to the sound of a bell alone without meat powder having to be present as well, BUT heres my question - Can I create triggers and associations that will help me study?

HERES THE INGREDIENTS - Me, a sports headband, my books

HERES THE PLAN - I put this headband on which has been lying around in my closet for so long that I cant remember the last time I wore it, and every time I go to sit down and read for a 3 hour session( right now Im on Verbal behaviour by B.F skinner) I will put the headband on first and then read for 3 hours and then remove the headband and only wear it while I am reading during a 3 hour session.

THE QUESTION - Will the practice of only wearing the headband when I sit down to read for a duration of 3 hours have the side affect (or essentially condition me) so that next time I need to read for 3 hours but I dont feel like it and I am just generally feeling lazy I will immediately start to FEEL like I can and want to read for 3 hours. Like can I condition myself to behave in a certain way for a certain time and associate that behaviour with the trigger of putting on the headband so essentially Ill be able to study anytime just by putting a headband on and starting an automatic process? Do you think this is possible and do you know any examples that might prove or disprove its efficacy?

Answer 1

...no - haven't you seen all the specialized kits and recycled free agencies available to any and all financial price ranges...

Answer 2

Dogs in Pavlov's experiment can avoid.



Consider though the two point system here it is Pavlovian



Another example is the public library in which it is thought all books are of equal value.



You find a book called Perfect Soldiers, America Alone, or Blood Thirsty Bitches and Pious Pimps of Power, or No Easy Fix Solutions to internal War Crimes and Aggression. Okay you say to yourself a library is about knowledge but there seems to be a Pavlovian response to books being books rather than their value as knowledge. There is then a complete incomprehension that libraries are storing places of knowledge or that political books should be in public forum free of fine worries.



You also find a book called America Alone.

Answer 3

I think the fact that you are not only aware of the experiment, but also the conductor of the experiment, will produce biased results.



I think that you will be more likely to develop the habit of wanting to read for 3 hours by the "habit building" portion of the experiment.



It's unlikely that you can produce a "want" by this experiment. Salivating for food is a simple biological reaction, which is a lot different than "motivation" which is a complicated psychological reaction.