Question

Austin was often late to work, despite his manager, Ben, warning him against it several times. As a last resort, Ben reduced Austin's salary in proportion to the hours he missed at work by being late. It turned out to be the right thing to do as Austin was never late to work after the incident. Which of the following best explains this scenario?
a. positive reinforcement
b. negative reinforcement
c. instrumentality
d. valence

Answer 1

Answer:

b. negative reinforcement

Explanation:

Negative reinforcement refers to the response that helps in eradicating or removing certain behaviors in the individual. Some discomforting or disturbing action is taken that helps in the enhancement of a behavior.

In the given excerpt, Austin's behavior of coming late to the office is removed when his manager, Ben applied negative reinforcement. When Austin's salary was deducted because of being late at the office, helped him of improving his nature.