Suppose you have an employee who is habitually late to work. After several verbal and written warnings, you decide to dock your employee's pay $25 each time he is late for work. This illustration is an example of a reinforcement strategy called

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Punishment is a strategy used to reduce or eliminate an undesirable behavior by introducing a negative consequence after the behavior occurs. In this case, docking the employee's pay for being late is a form of punishment intended to decrease the frequency of the tardiness.

Suppose You Have an Employee Who Is Habitually Late to Work