To Teach a Tiger to Jump Through a Flaming Hoop

question 35

Multiple Choice

To teach a tiger to jump through a flaming hoop, the tiger is first reinforced for jumping up on a certain pedestal, then for leaping from that pedestal to another. Next, the tiger has to jump through a hoop between the pedestals to get the reward. Finally, the hoop is set afire and the tiger must jump through it to get the reward. This is an example of ________.

• A) secondary learning
• B) modeling
• C) negative reinforcement
• D) shaping

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