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Terri Is a Teaching Assistant for an Introductory Psychology Class

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Terri is a teaching assistant for an introductory psychology class.She enjoys grading student assignments,but the professor thinks she takes too long.Hoping to speed up the process,the professor offers her a small cash reward for grading each assignment quickly and accurately.This solution works,until the professor runs out of money.Now Terri dislikes grading,complains about it all the time,and takes even longer than before to complete her work.What appears to have happened to Terri?


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