The Creation of a New Behaviour by the Positive Reinforcement

question 86

Multiple Choice

The creation of a new behaviour by the positive reinforcement of successive approximations to the desired behaviour is called __________.

• A)Operant conditioning.
• B)Expectancy development.
• C)Classical conditioning.
• D)Progression.
• E)Shaping.

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Definitions:

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