Shaping (In the Context of Operant Conditioning) Means

question 240

Multiple Choice

Shaping (in the context of operant conditioning) means

• A) reinforcing successive approximations to a behavior.
• B) learning by imitation.
• C) punishing every behavior except the one that is reinforced.
• D) physically forcing an individual to make a response.

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Definitions:

Positive Exponents

Represent numbers multiplied by themselves a certain amount of times, indicating a base raised to the power of a positive number.

Expression

A combination of numbers, variables, and mathematical operations that represents a particular value.

X

Often used in mathematics as a variable or unknown value in equations and algebraic expressions.

Simplify

The process of altering an expression to make it easier to understand or work with, often by combining like terms or eliminating complex fractions.