The Creation of a New Behaviour by the Positive Reinforcement

question 66

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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