The Smith household rule is that everyone is to be home by an 11 p.m. curfew. However, occasionally Mr. and Mrs. Smith enjoy going to dinner parties with their friends and sometimes do not make it home until midnight. Based on the------------ , they can break this household rule.

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The prerogative principle suggests that individuals with higher status or power within a group or relationship have the privilege or right to break rules or norms that others are expected to follow. In this scenario, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, likely being the heads of the household, exercise this principle by occasionally breaking the household curfew rule they set.

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