Which One of the Following Best Describes Shaping

question 72

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following best describes shaping?

• A)Reinforcement becomes gradually stronger over time.
• B)Reinforcement is weaned away over time, until a student is doing something without being reinforced.
• C)The behavior being reinforced changes over time so that it increasingly resembles the desired terminal behavior.
• D)Praise is the only reinforcer used but the specific things that are said to a student change as the student improves.

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