A guest speaker is coming to your classroom, and you want your students to treat her with courtesy and respect.You decide to give your students 15 minutes of free time if they show appropriate behaviour during the guest's visit.From the perspective of social cognitive theory, your reinforcement is only likely to work if your students:

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For the reinforcement to be effective in the context of social cognitive theory, students must anticipate or expect that their good behavior will lead to the promised consequence (in this case, 15 minutes of free time). This expectation motivates them to act accordingly.

A Guest Speaker Is Coming to Your Classroom, and You