Cutting the work hours of low performing employees is an example of __________.
A) positive reinforcement
B) negative reinforcement
C) punishment
D) extinction
E) classical conditioning

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Cutting work hours can be seen as a punishment for low performance, as it involves taking away something (time on the job) in order to decrease the likelihood of that behavior occurring in the future. Positive reinforcement would involve giving something desirable (e.g. praise, a bonus) to increase the likelihood of a behavior; negative reinforcement involves taking away something undesirable (e.g. ending an unpleasant task) to increase the likelihood of a behavior; extinction involves removing reinforcement altogether to decrease the likelihood of a behavior; and classical conditioning involves pairing a neutral stimulus with a stimulus that elicits a natural response, in order to eventually elicit that response with the neutral stimulus alone.

Cutting the Work Hours of Low Performing Employees Is an Example