The Tokens

In one of these scenes, a recognition token is an object that serves as a trigger for the recognition. In both scenes, characters do not recognize their loved ones until they are presented with such an object. In Choephori, Electra does not believe that the man before her is her long-lost brother…

for Columbus because he did not have enough gold to give to the Queen so he made a bet with the Indians. If they gave him gold, they “would receive a token to wear around their necks. This token gave them a sort of “get out of jail free” card for a few months, so they wouldn’t be required to produce until the token expired. Any [Indian] without a token who was caught not meeting their gold [portion] was punished” (Inman). The “get out of jail free” card meant that…

used to describe the status of a group of workers who are few in numbers in a workplace. In most cases, these tokens are women. Tokens tend to experience boundary heightening which can prevent them from doing their job properly. Boundary heightening is when workers exaggerate the differences between themselves and tokens, making the tokens feel like outsiders. In addition, workers who are tokens are scrutinized more closely at work. This creates a highly stressful working situation. The pressure…

borrowed or sold, each book included the name, age, sex, weight, and height of the person to whom it was issued. To prevent hoarding, ration books had expiration dates.” ( World War II on the home front: Rationing) They contained tokens which you either saved up or used. Tokens were used for food and clothing. In the Diary of Anne Frank, Mrs. Van Dan says “Ration books? If they see our names on ration books, they’ll know we’re here” (The Diary of Anne Frank, page 106). This quote is talking…

Self-Brown and Mathews had three different classroom structures. The first was a token economy classroom that was hypothesized to see a great deal of performance goals from the students. The students set goals and if they achieved their goals they were awarded school money that they could redeem for rewards. The second was a contingency…

princess, whose cry of alert to her sisters is repelled by the eldest. The path ahead of them is three forests of trees; the first having leaves of silver, the second of gold, and the third of sparkling precious stones. The officer, longing for a token, severs a twig of each as proof. They stroll on until they happen upon an extraordinary clear lake. Twelve vessels, with twelve rulers, show up where the twelve princesses are holding up. Every princess gets into one, and the officer ventures into…

was tested individually in the nurse’s office. Prior to the first session, the boys were allowed to view the reinforcers, each reinforcer had a tag attached described the amount of points needed to obtain that particular reinforcer as part of the token economy. Following the conclusion of the program, the boys and their families were asked to fill out a survey to demonstrate social…

Have you ever wondered how babies develop verbal skills? Or maybe why a problem child continues to do the same thing over and over? Or maybe why some children will only act out before a test? Well, B.F Skinner developed a theory that was able to answer these questions and many more. He challenged many of the norms of the educational systems of his day and was able to take the field of education and its theories and put them into a measurable and observable science. He is probably one of the…

Then went back to his lesson on watercolor painting. A quick description of classmates would be: my ex-best friend’s-ex boyfriend, a girl who fantasied about being Ariel from The Little Mermaid, a cowgirl, the token black girl, an ex-emo girl, a self-described “classy” hippy, and the girl who dragged me into this mess. But that description makes sound like we weren’t all friends by the end of the class. We defiantly were. Art Studio was a class I always looked…

The presence of the artifacts doesn’t seem like that big of an issue, however, in her analysis Jennifer Bess states “The invasion of Christen Tokens…