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a shoe store owner was having a hard time getting his employees to arrive at work on time. frustrated, he decided to do something about it. he sent an email to every employee stating the following: from now on, each of you will be docked $1 per minute for every minute you are late to work. by taking away their pay, the shoe store owner used ______ as a way to decrease his employees tardiness.
o positive reinforcement
o negative punishment
o negative reinforcement
o positive punishment

Explanation:

• Positive reinforcement adds a pleasant stimulus to increase a behavior (not relevant here as pay is taken away).
• Negative punishment removes a pleasant stimulus (pay) to decrease a behavior (tardiness), which matches the owner's action.
• Negative reinforcement removes an aversive stimulus to increase a behavior (opposite of what's happening).
• Positive punishment adds an aversive stimulus (not the case; pay is subtracted, not an added aversive).

Answer:

negative punishment