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A Girl in Your Classroom Rarely Interacts with Her Classmates

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A girl in your classroom rarely interacts with her classmates.She is obviously quite lonely but apparently has no confidence in her ability to make friends.Using an operant conditioning perspective, describe how you might help the girl develop social skills through shaping.In your discussion, be sure to include:
a.the specific behaviour(s) you would shape;
b.a specific reinforcer you might use, and why; and,
c.the sequence of steps you might take as you shape the desired behaviour.


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