If You Are Using "Shaping" to Increase the Likelihood That

question 109

Multiple Choice

If you are using "shaping" to increase the likelihood that a child will put away all his toys, what would you need to do each time the child does a better job of putting away his toys than he did previously?

• A)give the child a closer approximation to the reinforcement
• B)model the correct behaviour by picking up the remaining toys
• C)give the child a reinforcer
• D)give the child a UCS

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