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shenderson6

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Sara wants to teach her cat Fluffy to use his paw to turn on the television. Sara differentially reinforces Fluffy's behavior of being within one foot of the television, being within one foot and facing the television, when Fluffy touches the television with his paw, when he touches the on button with his paw, and finally when Fluffy hits the on button with his paw. This is an example of using shaping to:
 
  a. change a dimension of an existing behavior
  b. generate a novel behavior
 c. increase an existing behavior
 d. reinstate a previous behavior

Question 2

If nervous habits decreased nervous tension they would serve a ________________ reinforcement function.
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with correct word



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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

negative



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