An Engineering Team Usually Is Allowed to Leave Work Early

question 25

Multiple Choice

An engineering team usually is allowed to leave work early on Friday afternoons to resume their discussion at a local bar for happy hour. Recently the team has missed a few deadlines and their manager has decided not to let them leave early for a few weeks. The manager is using

• A) Punishment.
• B) Positive reinforcement.
• C) Negative reinforcement.
• D) Extinction.

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Definitions:

Existential Import

A property of categorical propositions; a proposition has existential import if its truth depends on the existence of things of the kinds specified by terms in the proposition.

Contrary

Opposing or differing in nature, direction, or meaning; in logic, it refers to propositions that cannot both be true but can both be false.

Proposition

An articulation or statement that communicates a judgement or perspective.

Disproven

Shown to be false or incorrect through evidence or logical argument.