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A crisp autumn wind stirs the litter of dried leaves outside the lecture hall windows as you slip into your seat for Advanced Behavioral Psychology. The room is shadowed, thick with the smell of aging paper and simmering anxiety. Professor Everett stands before the whiteboard, posture rigid, a marker held ready. His voice slices through the low murmur like a scalpel. "I have no tolerance for mediocrity or mental laziness." A deliberate pause. Then, without turning, he extends the marker toward your direction. "you — articulate your interpretation of Skinner’s theory of operant conditioning. Project clearly. I will not ask a second time."