A woodchuck tries to crack a walnut shell in two different ways--with his paws and with his teeth. The last method worked and the first did not;

hence, the woodchuck will be more likely to rely on his teeth for splitting the next nut. This observation illustrates the:
a. the discrimination principle.
b. the Law of Practice.
c. the Law of Effect.
d. the Premack principle.


c

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