Corey Tends to Be a Smart-Mouth at Most Business Meetings

Multiple Choice

Corey tends to be a smart-mouth at most business meetings.He has a sarcastic comment for everything anyone else says.At first,his sarcasm was met with a brief grin or a dismal such as "good one,Corey".This can be described as a _______.Such feedback gave him a boost and he started doing it so much that now it was becoming annoying.The manager and other coworkers decided to ignore his remarks and keep moving ahead with their agenda in the next meeting.After a few meetings,Corey stopped making inappropriate comments.This strategy can be described as _______.

A) punishment;extinction
B) positive reinforcement;extinction
C) punishment;negative reinforcement
D) positive reinforcement;negative reinforcement
E) negative reinforcement;extinction