NDLI: A control-theory reward-based approach to behavior modification in the presence of social-norm pressure and conformity pressure

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Davison, D.E. Vanderwater, R. Zhou, K.
Copyright Year	2012
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada (Davison, D.E.; Vanderwater, R.; Zhou, K.)
Abstract	This paper takes a control engineering perspective on the use of rewards to modify the behavior of a person. We consider the particular scenario where a parent is trying to coerce her child to get more physical exercise. The goal is to determine a reward sequence that drives the child's behavior to some desired value. The main novelty of this paper is the introduction of social-norm effects (arising from social pressure due to, say, a teacher) and conformity effects (arising from interactions that the child has with a friend). The social-norm effect, being uni-directional, acts as a disturbance, while the conformity effect, which is bi-directional, creates an extra dynamic feedback loop. We model the psychological state of the child and friend using a combination of psychological theories (the “theory of planned behavior,” “cognitive dissonance theory,” and “overjustification theory”), and we use classical control tools to design an output-feedback controller that achieves the setpoint tracking objective. Robustness issues are also considered.
Sponsorship	IEEE Control Syst. Soc.
File Size	157874
Starting Page	4076
Ending Page	4052
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781457710957
ISSN	07431619
e-ISBN	9781457710964
e-ISBN	9781467321020
DOI	10.1109/ACC.2012.6314825
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2012-06-27
Publisher Place	Canada
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	American Automatic Control Council(AACC)
Subject Keyword	Mathematical model Psychology Bismuth Equations Pressure effects Bidirectional control Robustness
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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