According to the Premack principle, if a teenager would rather go shopping than clean her room:
A) her desire to clean her room will be increased by restricting her access to going shopping.
B) her desire to go shopping will be increased by restricting her access to cleaning her room.
C) allowing her to go shopping could be used as a reward for cleaning her room.
D) cleaning her room could be used as a reward for going shopping.

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The Premack Principle suggests that more probable behaviors (those an individual is more likely to do) can be used as rewards for less probable behaviors (those an individual is less likely to do). In this case, since the teenager prefers going shopping over cleaning her room, allowing her to go shopping after she cleans her room uses the more preferred activity as a reward for completing the less preferred activity.

According to the Premack Principle, If a Teenager Would Rather