American History Effective Time Management

Questions: 1. What are some examples of Mr. Gilbreths use of behavioral psychology on his children? 2. In what ways is Mrs. Gilbreth more traditional about parenting? 3. In what ways is Mr. Gilbreth progressive and innovative as a parent? 4. What limits to the possibilities of efficiency engineering are implied in the book? Answers: 1. Behavioral psychology is a method to condition the behavior of the subject with the use of certain stimuli. The behavioral psychologists make use of certain actions or sound or any form of stimuli that will help the subject understand what is coming next. One of the biggest examples of behavioral psychologists is the use of the lever that the rat pressed and after pressing the lever the rat would get the food. Hence, the rat knew that after pressing the lever, it will get food (Hoy, 2010). The same theory is applied by Gilbreth when used a whistle. The meaning of the whistle was that, whenever the whistle was blown every person has to drop the work that he/she was doing and gather at a common place. Gilbreth might give a good news or bad news but the children was so conditioned that the whistle meant that there is something important that Gilbreth has to share with the family (Suls, Davidson Kaplan, 2010). 2. Mr. Gilbreth prepared a chart for the children where the children would require writing down the work they have done apart from the normal studies they have to do for the school. In addition to this, the children have to fill the charts regarding the daily work they are doing that are, brushing the teeth taking the bath and so on. The children would also have to fill the charts with the weight so that the health of the children can be regularly monitored. Though Mr. Gilbreth was the one who prepared the chart for the children, it was Mrs. Gilbreth who was more traditional about parenting. It was Mrs. Gilbreth who wanted to incorporate praying in the daily charts of the children. According to Mrs. Gilbreth, prayer is an important practice of daily life and it should also be mentioned in the chart to monitor that the children are attached to the roots of their being (Bird, 2011). 3. Every parent wants the children to be successful in life and become independent. However, Gilbreth has his way of parenting. Gilbreth wanted the children that twelve of them to learn how to survive in the society. Gilbreths way of parenting was innovative and different from normal parenting (Williams Reid, 2011). In addition to normal schooling, Gilbreth taught the children other works that will be useful for the children in future. The tasks include painting the back porch or removing a stamp from the front lawn. All these irregular jobs would add to the extra pocket money for the children, in addition to this, the children would have to bid for the work. The child who was able to propose the lowest bid for any work, he/she would get the work. In this way, every child understood the meaning of competition in life as well as the value of money (Bride, 2011). 4. Mr. Gilbreth was very particular about time. Mr. Gilbreth used to set for himself as well for the children. As far as the children are concerned, he took the picture of the children at work and measures the time taken by the children to complete one work with the help of a stopwatch. However, there were limitations to the efficiency engineering method that he applied for the work. Gilbreth used to use to shaving brushed to save time taken for to shave in the morning. By using to shaving brushes, he saved 44 seconds of the shaving time. However, there are times when things would go wrong. Shaving is not only about applying the foam by using the razor. Once he wasted two minutes while putting a bandage in the throat that got cut while using then razor. Gilbreth was more concerned about the time wasted for putting the bandage rather than the cut throat (Varga, 2011). References Bird, P. (2011). Effective Time Management. London: Hodder Education. Bride, M. (2011). Time management. London: Hodder Education. Hoy, A. (2010). Educational psychology. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Merrill. Suls, J., Davidson, K., Kaplan, R. (2010). Handbook of health psychology and behavioral medicine. New York: Guilford Press. Varga, A. (2011). Time management. New York: Nova Science Publishers. Williams, K., Reid, M. (2011). Time management. New York,