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kamilo84

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Skinner and two students discovered shaping in the course of teaching a pigeon to ________.
 
  a. dance
  b. bowl
  c. jump rope
  d. peck at a sign that said, Peck..

Question 2

Shaping is the reinforcement of successive _______.
 
  a. responses
  b. elements of a chain
  c. approximations of a desired behavior
  d. increases in the intensity or topography of a behavior


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katheyjon

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Reply #1 on: Jun 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

C


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Reply 2 on: Jun 21, 2018
Wow, this really help

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