Reinforcing Successive Approximations of a Desired Behavior Is a Procedure

question 80

Multiple Choice

Reinforcing successive approximations of a desired behavior is a procedure called:

• A)chaining.
• B)shaping.
• C)higher-order conditioning.
• D)training.

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