You Just Adopted a Puppy and Want to Teach It

question 191

Multiple Choice

You just adopted a puppy and want to teach it to fetch the newspaper.What approach would B.F.Skinner advise you to take?

• A)Punish the puppy each time it does not fetch the paper.
• B)Give the puppy a treat each time it gets a little closer to fetching perfectly.
• C)Give the puppy a treat each time it fetches perfectly and not otherwise.
• D)Be patient and understand that behaviour shaping occurs naturally over developmental stages.

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