Even Though Nicholas's Handwriting Was Not Very Good, the Teacher

question 223

Multiple Choice

Even though Nicholas's handwriting was not very good, the teacher complimented him because the writing was better than in his previous attempts. The teacher is using a procedure called

• A) shaping.
• B) successive discrimination.
• C) sequential learning.
• D) the Skinner method.

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