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 .

The consequences were not equal  in magnitude to the desired behavior.

Explanation:

In operant conditioning, learning  is achieved through the act of giving of rewards  or punishment for a given  and expressed behavior. it usually occurs if a  learner knows the link between a behavior and its consequences.

Reinforcement  can be defined as  process by which the likely or probable  occurrence of a desired behavior is increased by applying consequences that is based on the behavior that one is working on. Negative reinforcement entails removing a stimulus  that is attached to an exhibited behavior. in this case, a behavior is enhance or increase due to the removal of the negative consequences.

The reinforcement schedule was delayed  and individual preferences were not put into due consideration and the the antecedents of the desired behavior was identified in an improper manner.

When a  given consequences are not equal  in weight to the desired behavior one wants to change or be expressed, the result achieved may be contrary to what one is expecting as in the case of Sara

this is an outline for the decisions that frankie is going to make

opportunity cost

willingness to buy

price or quality

of course, there could be many economic strategies that should be considered important while making decision. opportunity cost is the foremost significant factor while considering any economic option. when you buy something, you should know how much you are forgoing for this product. indeed, you could buy something different with this measure if you changed your mind. willingness to buy shows how much surplus you are earning while making a decision. it is important because it shows you buy what you want or you buy because you have only limited amount of money. the price or quality can be considered as a general economic option that we are applying while buying something. when you buy something, price or quality could be one of the options. indeed, they define the characteristics of the product.    

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