What Is Chaining in Operant Conditioning

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Multiple Choice

What is chaining in operant conditioning?

• A) reinforcement for successive approximations to a behavior
• B) the weakening of a response by the omission of a favorable stimulus that would otherwise be presented
• C) the concept that certain stimuli are readily associated with each other and that certain responses are readily associated with certain outcomes
• D) training a sequence of behaviors in which the reinforcement for one behavior is the opportunity to perform the next behavior

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Definitions:

Saphenous

Relating to the longest vein in the body, which runs along the length of the leg.

Femoral

Pertaining to the femur or thigh bone.

Tibial

Relating to the tibia, which is the more substantial and robust of the pair of bones found in the lower leg.

Cephalic

Directional term meaning toward the head.