Jean wants her daughter to eat her vegetables so she is healthy.Jean tells her daughter that after she eats her vegetables she can play outside,which is one of her daughter's favorite things to do.In this situation,Jean is using ________ to increase her daughter's eating of vegetables.

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The Premack principle states that a high-probability behavior (playing outside) can be used to reinforce a low-probability behavior (eating vegetables). In this scenario, Jean is using the opportunity to play outside (high-probability behavior) to reinforce her daughter to eat vegetables (low-probability behavior). This is an example of positive reinforcement. Negative reinforcement involves the removal of an unpleasant or aversive stimulus, and this is not present in the scenario. Positive punishment involves the presentation of an aversive stimulus, which is also not present in the scenario. Primary reinforcement involves reinforcing a behavior directly, without the use of a secondary reinforcer like the opportunity to play outside.

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