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James is the new manager of operations at Springfield Motors. To his dismay, he

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Question

James is the new manager of operations at Springfield Motors. To his dismay, he finds the employees coming in late to work, taking long breaks, and behaving unprofessionally at their workstations. James decides to promote desirable work practices. He plans to introduce incentives for meeting the required targets but, at the same time, to withhold those incentives when employees' are late, take long breaks, or behave unprofessionally. Identify the contingencies that James is planning to implement.

Punishment and extinction

Positive reinforcement and punishment

Punishment and negative reinforcement

Positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement

Negative reinforcement and extinction

Explanation / Answer

Positive reinforcement and Punishment. Correct option.