Mrs Martin, a Third-Grade Teacher, Is Instructing Cursive Writing

question 107

Multiple Choice

Mrs. Martin, a third-grade teacher, is instructing cursive writing. At first, she reinforces even crude attempts to reproduce letters with an encouraging word; as time goes on, though, she reinforces only well-formed letters. By reinforcing progressively better attempts at writing letters, Mrs. Martin is using:

• A)discrimination training
• B)higher-order conditioning
• C)stimulus control training
• D)shaping

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