Professor Austin wants to reduce callouts, so he splits his class into three teams. Team Green includes Janna, Jennifer, Victoria, Hailey, Aaliyah, Amanda D., Amanda B., and, just for fun, Amanda G. (The Amanda’s have failed to change the name of the team to Team Amanda) Team Gold includes Katlyn, Hannah, Carlie, Mariangel, Mariell, Mallory, Melissa, and Isabella. Austin and his TA, Payton, explain that each time a team member calls out, that team gets a strike on the board. The team with the fewest strikes at the end of the day earns extra recess time. This is best an example of a:

Which type of group contingency involves peer pressure to encourage all members to perform well, as everyone must meet the criterion for the reward?

In John Cheever’s “The Swimmer,” how is the progression of time actually shown?  Be sure to give examples from the story.

In John Cheever’s “The Swimmer,” explain how he uses both suburbia and the pools to negatively portray Americans and the American lifestyle.  Use examples from the story to back up your answer.

How does “Separating” portray the theme of alienation and loneliness?

How does Flannery O’Connor use “Good Country People” to show that education gives people a false sense of superiority?

How is “Slaughterhouse Five” used as a cultural artifact?

In a classroom using an independent group contingency, how is reinforcement delivered?

In a classroom with five tables of students, Katelyn, Kaitlyn, and Keilah at Table #4 are doing great on their test because they study every day with Camila, Nyah, and Elysia. The teacher, Ms. Melissa, wants to motivate the students at Table #5, so she tells the entire class, “If all the students at Table #5—Shelby, Madison, Claudia, Perdita, and Angeles—get an A on this test, the whole class will earn a pizza party.” This is an example of a:

In Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse Five.” what is meant by the continuous use of the lines “And so on” and “And so it goes?”