On Monday, a parent says to a child, "If you clean your room each Saturday morning, I'll give you two dollars." The next Saturday, the child cleans his room.This illustrates an example of:
A)a functional response-reinforcer relationship
B)natural reinforcement
C)rule-governed behavior
D)contingency-shaped behavior

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This is an example of rule-governed behavior because the child's action (cleaning the room) is guided by a verbal rule or instruction given by the parent, rather than being shaped directly by the consequences of the behavior.

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