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karateprodigy

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Shaping, according to Skinner, is the same thing as respondent behavior, which involves a response made or elicited by a specific stimulus.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Skinner's research on reinforcement schedules shows that they are effective for controlling, modifying, and shaping behavior.
 
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Answer to Question 1

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FEEDBACK: How can an experimenter or a parent reinforce and condition a pigeon or a child to perform behaviors that are not likely to occur spontaneously? Skinner answered these questions with the method of successive approximation, or shaping. Successive approximation is an explanation for the acquisition of complex behavior. Behavior such as learning to speak will be reinforced only as it comes to approximate or approach the final desired behavior.

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FEEDBACK: Skinner's research on reinforcement schedules shows that they are effective for controlling, modifying, and shaping behavior. If you are in charge of rats, salespeople, or assembly-line workers, or are trying to train your pet or your child, these operant-conditioning techniques can bring about the behaviors you want.




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Reply 2 on: Jun 21, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
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