A prisoner is sentenced to jail for 5 years for a crime. He is told that if his behavior is good he can get out in four years. The warden says, "I will remove one year from your sentence if you are good from the start and maintain your good behavior." Indeed, this particular prisoner does get out in four years because of his good behavior. For this prisoner the removal of a year from his sentence caused him to maintain good behavior. 

What does the removal of the year is best described as ?

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