A hospital administrator tells a nurse who talks on the phone too much that he will quit paging her every 15 minutes if she quits the phone calls. This action is an example of:

A. generalized reinforcement.
B. extinction.
C. punishment.
D. positive reinforcement.
E. negative reinforcement.


Answer: E

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