In Operant Conditioning, Shaping Means

question 182

Multiple Choice

In operant conditioning, shaping means

• A) molding the animal into position so it can or must make the response.
• B) providing punishments for all responses other than the desired one.
• C) recording the brain waves that occur during and after a learned response.
• D) reinforcing successive approximations to the desired response.

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