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 involves removing an unpleasant consequence (in this case, a pay cut) when a desired behavior (in this case, arriving to work on time) is exhibited. Therefore, the manager has negatively reinforced the employee's on-time behavior.

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