Kate's 6-Year-Old Son Has Autism

question 97

Multiple Choice

Kate's 6-year-old son has autism.To help him learn daily tasks,she breaks down activities into their component parts.Tooth brushing,for example,involves several steps that occur in basically the same order each time.Which of the following learning principles would provide the strongest foundation for learning how to brush one's teeth in this context?

• A)Shaping
• B)Partial reinforcement
• C)Integrating
• D)Chaining

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Inferential Statistics

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Arithmetic Mean

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