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theo

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Which one of the following best describes shaping?
 
  a. Reinforcement becomes gradually stronger over time.
  b. Reinforcement is weaned away over time, until a student is doing something without being reinforced.
  c. The behavior being reinforced changes over time so that it increasingly resembles the desired terminal behavior.
  d. Praise is the only reinforcer used but the specific things that are said to a student change as the student improves.

Question 2

Leonard rarely says nice things to anyone else. Using behaviorist terminology, we can say that:
 
  a. Leonard has little tolerance for such behavior.
  b. Leonard's baseline for this behavior is very low.
  c. Leonard's social skills are generalizing to a different situation.
  d. Leonard will benefit only from intrinsic reinforcement for such behavior.


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fur

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

b


theo

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
:D TYSM

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

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