To Teach a Tiger to Jump Through a Flaming Hoop,the

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Multiple Choice

To teach a tiger to jump through a flaming hoop,the tiger is first reinforced for jumping up on a certain pedestal,then for leaping from that pedestal to another.Next the tiger has to jump through a hoop between the pedestals to get the reward.Finally,the hoop is set afire and the tiger must jump through it to get the reward.This is an example of __________ .

• A)modeling
• B)shaping
• C)negative reinforcement
• D)secondary learning

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