A Rat Learns to Climb a Ladder to a Platform

question 238

Multiple Choice

A rat learns to climb a ladder to a platform where it can pull a string to raise the ladder and then climb the ladder again. The reinforcement for each response is the opportunity to perform the next response. This procedure is known as

• A) shaping.
• B) chaining.
• C) stimulus generalization.
• D) primary reinforcement.

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