Soon after becoming the new manager of operations at the Cooper Motors, a local car dealership, Finn discovers that employees are coming in late to work, taking long breaks, and behaving unprofessionally while on the job. After considering the situation, he introduces a new set of guidelines, along with contingencies of reinforcement. Those who show up on time, do not exceed their allotted break schedules, and show themselves behaving professionally at all times while on duty during the next month will enjoy a steak dinner, courtesy of management. Those who fail to meet the requirements, on the other hand, will be invited to stay late for three nights in a row and attend an unpaid training session. The contingencies Finn is planning to implement-the steak dinner on the one hand and the

unpaid training sessions on the other-are, respectively,

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


Answer: E

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