When a manager's efforts to discipline an employee for poor behavior seem to lead to an increase in that behavior,one could conclude that the manager is actually using a(n)____ strategy.
A) avoidance
B) extinction
C) positive reinforcement
D) punishment
E) retribution

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When a manager's efforts to discipline an employee inadvertently lead to an increase in the poor behavior, it indicates that the discipline method is somehow reinforcing the behavior, thus acting as a form of positive reinforcement rather than reducing it.

When a Manager's Efforts to Discipline an Employee for Poor