MrsMartin,a Third-Grade Teacher,is Instructing Cursive Writing

question 135

Multiple Choice

Mrs.Martin,a third-grade teacher,is instructing cursive writing.At first,she reinforces even crude attempts to reproduce letters with an encouraging word; as time goes on,though,she reinforces only well-formed letters.By reinforcing progressively better attempts at writing letters,Mrs.Martin is using:

• A)discrimination training.
• B)shaping.
• C)stimulus control training.
• D)behavior modification.

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