Shaping Occurs When ____

question 143

Multiple Choice

Shaping occurs when ____.

• A) all methods of conditioning, namely, positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, and negative punishment, are used to create a new behavior
• B) animals, as opposed to humans, are taught to do something that they did not do before
• C) a novel behavior is slowly conditioned by reinforcing successive approximations of the final desired behavior
• D) a behavior is reinforced repeatedly until it becomes nearly automatic

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