Terry Wants His Young Daughter, Lauren, to Help Him with the Housework

Multiple Choice

Terry wants his young daughter, Lauren, to help him with the housework, so he tells her that she can play on his computer as soon as she finishes doing the dinner dishes and putting away the clean laundry. Terry is using a more preferred activity to reinforce a less preferred activity. According to the In Focus box: Changing the Behavior of Others: Alternatives to Punishment, this behavioral strategy is called:

A) the Premack principle.
B) time-out from positive reinforcement.
C) reinforcing an incompatible behavior.
D) the partial reinforcement effect.