A manager who reduces an employee's pay if the employee comes to work late and refrains from doing so when the employee is on time has:
A)positively reinforced the employee's on-time behavior
B)negatively reinforced the employee's on-time behavior
C)utilized extinction to reduce the undesirable behavior
D)none of these

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Negative reinforcement is when a certain behavior is strengthened by the removal or avoidance of an aversive consequence (in this case, a reduction in pay). By refraining from reducing the employee's pay when they arrive on time, the manager is reinforcing the behavior of being on time.

A Manager Who Reduces an Employee's Pay If the Employee