If a father were to tell his 16-year-old son, "You can use the family car on Saturday if you mow the lawn on Friday," and if the son mows the lawn on Friday, we would describe the son's lawn-mowing as:
A)contingency shaped behavior
B)intrinsically motivated behavior
C)rule-governed behavior
D)self-managed behavior

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The son's behavior of mowing the lawn on Friday can be described as rule-governed behavior because he followed a specific rule (if he mows the lawn on Friday, he can use the car on Saturday) set by his father. This behavior was not shaped by consequences (contingency shaped) or driven by personal interest (intrinsically motivated) or self-directed (self-managed).

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