For the first two weeks at her new job,Tina was annoyed by how much her manager watched over her shoulder to make sure she was doing the job right.When she finally started performing well,she noticed that the manager was not watching any more.In this case,the manager used positive reinforcement to get a desired behavior from Tina.

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The manager's behavior is an example of negative reinforcement. The manager's constant oversight (a negative condition) was removed (reinforcement) when Tina started performing well, encouraging her to maintain the desired behavior. Positive reinforcement would involve adding a positive condition in response to the desired behavior.

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