A shift manager at a fast-food restaurant is using ________ when she fines a habitually tardy crew member the equivalent of one hour's pay each day he is late for work.
A) extinction
B) punishment
C) negative reinforcement
D) employment psychology

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The shift manager is using punishment by fining the tardy crew member, which aims to decrease the likelihood of the behavior (being late for work) occurring again in the future. Extinction would involve removing a reinforcer that was previously increasing the behavior, negative reinforcement would involve increasing a behavior by removing an aversive stimulus, and employment psychology is a broad field that includes various topics related to the workplace, but it is not applicable in this specific scenario.

A Shift Manager at a Fast-Food Restaurant Is Using ________