Marshall thinks that the best way to stop undesirable behaviour on the part of his subordinates is to simply ignore it. Marshall is using ________ as a strategy.

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Marshall is using omission as a strategy, which involves withholding reinforcement in order to decrease the occurrence of a behavior. In this case, he is ignoring the undesirable behavior, which means he is not providing any reinforcement (positive or negative) for it, and thus hoping that the behavior will decrease over time.

Marshall Thinks That the Best Way to Stop Undesirable Behaviour