An Expatriate Finds That One of His Subordinates Regularly Jokes

question 32

Multiple Choice

An expatriate finds that one of his subordinates regularly jokes about a minority group in the country.She decides to ignore the jokes hoping that the subordinate will eventually stop such jokes.Which aspect of reinforcement theory is she using?

• A)Avoidance
• B)Extinction
• C)Punishment
• D)Operant conditioning

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