Sara Sincell Wants to Use Negative Reinforcement to Get Workers

Multiple Choice

Sara Sincell wants to use negative reinforcement to get workers to come to meetings on time. She lets the workers know that she will assess a nickel fine for anyone who is late to a meeting. After a month, she has several dollars worth of nickels, but no change in meeting punctuality. The MOST LIKELY reason that operant conditioning did not work in Sara's situation is because ________.

A) the reinforcement schedule was delayed
B) individual preferences were not considered
C) the consequences were not equal in magnitude to the desired behavior
D) the antecedents of the desired behavior were improperly identified