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sjones · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Ms. Karnes teaches eighth grade social studies. She knows her students well, knows their likes and dislikes, and knows their capabilities. Her students like to get her off on a tangent during a lesson, and they enjoy every opportunity to work together and talk. Ms. Karnes assigned a big project that involves group work and independent work. How might she use the Premack principle to encourage her eighth grade students to focus and complete their task efficiently?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

During the standardized test, which student demonstrates implicit long-term memory?

a. Dan ponders questions four and five. He is trying to remember how to do the analysis required in the questions.
b. Shaylee begins the second section of the test and suddenly remembers that she forgot to text her mom and tell her what time to pick her up.
c. Jeremy reads the first few questionsand is able to answer them quickly with confidence that they are right.
d. Haley's hand shakes as she begins the test, just like her hand shook when she took the SAT.

tandmlomax84 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 20, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Suggested Response:
The Premack principle states that more-preferred activities can serve as reinforcers for less-preferred activities. This is also called grandma's rule: First do what I want you to do, then you may do what you want.
Ms. Karnes knows her students well. She can identify things they want to do. For example, they like to do group work more than independent work. Ms. Karnes might view this aspect of the project as the more-preferred activity and the independent work as the less-preferred activity. By getting students to complete a segment of the independent work before they work on an aspect of the group task, Ms. Karnes uses the Premack principle. For the strategy to succeed on such a big project, Ms. Karnes needs to set up the assignment as chunks of independent work and chunks of group work. Then she is able to use the Premack principle day by day rather than lumping all independent work at the beginning and all group work at the end.
Text Reference: Putting It All Together to Apply Operant Conditioning: Applied Behavior Analysis

Answer to Question 2

d