Practice mode Psychology

What is the name for reinforcing successively closer approximations to a target behaviour?

Correct answer D. Shaping

Explanation

In shaping, the trainer rewards small steps that increasingly resemble the desired behaviour, a method Skinner used to teach complex actions that would rarely occur spontaneously.

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