Bretzell manages a production facility that is currently having a hard time keeping up with orders. To get his workers to agree to work on the weekends and delay their vacations so that they can get caught up, he offers them days off in exchange. Which reinforcement strategy was Justin using on his employees?
A) operant conditioning
B) negative reinforcement
C) punishment
D) extinction
E) shaping

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Bretzell is using operant conditioning by applying a reinforcement strategy to encourage a specific behavior, in this case, working on weekends and delaying vacations in exchange for days off.

Bretzell Manages a Production Facility That Is Currently Having a Hard