A Behavior Therapist Wants to Reward a Language Delayed Child

question 491

Multiple Choice

A behavior therapist wants to reward a language delayed child for saying a new word, but rewards the child first for saying the first letter sound and then another letter sound, and so on. The language therapist is using

• A)shaping.
• B)stimulus control.
• C)a hierarchy.
• D)nonreinforcement.

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