Behavior Modification Principles Suggest Four Choices for Controlling an Employee's

question 39

Multiple Choice

Behavior modification principles suggest four choices for controlling an employee's behavior.These include all of the following EXCEPT:

• A)positive reinforcement
• B)termination
• C)extinction
• D)negative reinforcement

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Definitions:

Reinforcement

In behavioral psychology, a procedure or consequence that strengthens behavior or increases the likelihood of its recurrence.

Punishment

A consequence applied with the intention of reducing the occurrence of a certain behavior.

Behavior Occurring

the manifestation or action of a specific behavior in a particular context or environment.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process in which a natural response becomes triggered by a previously neutral stimulus after being associated with a stimulus that naturally brings about that response.