Question

When Laura started working in the accounting department, she felt like her boss hovered over her all day and constantly double checked her work. As a result, Laura made sure she always did her work exactly as her boss would like and that she double checked everything so her boss would find no errors. Eventually, she found that her boss stopped hovering and double checking her work. What Laura experienced was ______.

Answer 1

Answer:

negative reinforcement

Explanation:

Negative reinforcement can be regarded as method that is been utilized in teaching specific behaviors. Using Negative reinforcement, uncomfortable feelings/ things or unpleasant is removed as to respond to a stimulus. As time goes on the target behavior should move on having the expectation that those unpleasant things will disappear.