You Are Training a Rat to Press a Bar

question 655

Multiple Choice

You are training a rat to press a bar. Instead of waiting for the rat's first accidental bar press, you reinforce the rat with a food pellet for facing the bar and then turning toward the bar. Next, you reinforce the rat every time he takes a step toward the bar, until he touches the bar. Lastly, you reinforce the rat for pressing the bar. You are

• A)using latent learning to train the rat.
• B)fading the rat's behavior.
• C)shaping the rat's behavior.
• D)using secondary reinforcement with the rat.

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