When you want to get new complex behavior, there’s a lot of evidence that it can be shaped with small rewards for changes which more and more closely approximate the new behavior.
This is very different from a great big reward for something which is way out there in possibility space.
This may be a variation on loss aversion—most people aren’t willing to put out a lot of effort unless they’re sure of what they’ll be rewarded for.
When you want to get new complex behavior, there’s a lot of evidence that it can be shaped with small rewards for changes which more and more closely approximate the new behavior.
This is very different from a great big reward for something which is way out there in possibility space.
This may be a variation on loss aversion—most people aren’t willing to put out a lot of effort unless they’re sure of what they’ll be rewarded for.