Which Example Illustrates Shaping

question 64

Multiple Choice

Which example illustrates shaping?

• A) Children in a family receive gifts or treats regardless of whether they behave well or poorly.
• B) A rat receives foot shocks that are presented randomly but are always signaled by a bell.
• C) Twenty minutes into the flight, a business traveler no longer notices the soft hissing of the plane's overhead air vent.
• D) In preparation for a recital, a piano teacher praises a student for first learning musical scales, then simple songs, and then complex songs.

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Definitions:

Pregnant

The state of carrying developing offspring within the body after conception.

Psychosocial Development

A framework by Erik Erikson that describes how personal and social development progresses through eight predetermined stages over an individual's lifetime.

Soccer Team

A group of players formed to compete in the sport of soccer, consisting of both starting players and substitutes.

Erikson

refers to Erik H. Erikson, a developmental psychologist known for his theory on the psychological development of individuals across eight stages from infancy to adulthood.