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rachel9

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Shaping involves reinforcement of a closer approximation and extinction of a previous approximation of a target behavior.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

A psychologist teaches Matt to put his hand in his pocket whenever his habit of cracking knuckles occurs or is about to occur. Training an individual to engage in a behavior that is incompatible with the habit behavior is referred to as ____________ training.
 
  a. contingent response
  b. awareness
 c. operant
 d. competing response



dyrone

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Answer to Question 1

True

Answer to Question 2

d



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