A Manager Reduces an Employee's Pay When the Employee Comes

question 11

Multiple Choice

A manager reduces an employee's pay when the employee comes to work late and refrains from doing so when the employee is on time.What has the manager done?

• A) used extinction to reduce undesirable behaviour
• B) used intermittent reinforcement
• C) positively reinforced the employee's on-time behaviour
• D) negatively reinforced the employee's on-time behaviour

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