Jim is the mayor of a small town in the southeast. as mayor, he chairs the monthly town hall meeting. last week, jim ejected two people from the meeting when they wouldn't stop talking. this week, jim notices that those two people stopped talking immediately when their time was up. jim is using to modify the behavior of the people who attend town hall meetings.

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3 April, 06:17

Jim is the mayor of a small town in the southeast. as mayor, he chairs the monthly town hall meeting. last week, jim ejected two people from the meeting when they wouldn't stop talking. this week, jim notices that those two people stopped talking immediately when their time was up. jim is using to modify the behavior of the people who attend town hall meetings.

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Layne Roy · Answer 1

Answer: Jim is using punishment to modify the behavior of those people

A punishment is an unpleasant outcome upon a group or an individual, as a target of authority. This is a response to a particular action, in this case it was the fact that people were talking, that is deemed undesirable or unacceptable.