A counselor educator, Dr. Y, is doing research on his classes. He
hypothesizes that if he reinforces students in his morning class
by smiling each time a student asks a relevant question, then
more students will ask questions and exam grades will go up.
Betty and Linda accidentally overhear Dr. Y discussing the experiment
with the department chairman. Betty is a real people
pleaser and decides that she will ask lots of questions and try to
help Dr. Y confi rm his hypothesis. Linda, nevertheless, is angry
that she is being experimented on and promises Betty that Dr.
Y could smile until the cows came in but she still wouldn’t ask a
question. Both Linda and Betty exemplify
