Question

Immediacy is the time elapsed between the desired behavior and the reinforcement. The shorter the time between the two, the more likely it is that the employee will correlate the reinforcement with the behavior. If an employee does something great but isn’t rewarded until two months after, he or she may not connect the desired behavior with the outcome. The reinforcement loses ___________ .

Answer 1

Answer: the reinforcement loses meaning and power.

Explanation:

When an employee is not rewarded immediatly, the reinforcement seems to be vain and senseless.