Psychologists Use Shaping Because of Which Limitation of Operant Conditioning

question 67

Multiple Choice

Psychologists use shaping because of which limitation of operant conditioning?

• A) Punishment does not teach new responses, it only inhibits old ones.
• B) Behaviors will extinguish if they are not reinforced occasionally.
• C) One must wait for the organism's response before it can be rewarded or punished.
• D) Operant procedures condition responses only to very specific stimuli.

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