When Mr.Conrad's high school students asked him to allow them to get into their groups and talk about the upcoming field trip rather than discussing the chapter,Mr.Conrad said,"I'm going to invoke the Premack principle." What did he most likely do?
A)Tell students to promise to do a good job of discussing the chapter if he allowed them to talk about the field trip first.
B)Tell students to discuss the field trip in groups and agree to do the chapter questions for homework.
C)Tell students to stop asking for class time to talk about the field trip if they still want to go on the field trip.
D)Tell students they must discuss the chapter first and then get into groups to talk about the field trip.

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The Premack Principle suggests that a more preferred activity can be used as a reward for completing a less preferred activity. Mr. Conrad likely told his students they must first engage in the less preferred activity (discussing the chapter) before they could engage in the more preferred activity (talking about the field trip).

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