Question

Suppose you're using an operant conditioning approach to teach someone how to use a bow and arrow. You begin by teaching your student how to hold a longbow. Then you show him how to maintain balance while holding the bow. Finally, you show him how to aim and properly release the arrow toward a target at the correct moment. This operant conditioning approach is called shaping.

b. programmed learning.
c. approximation.
d. partial reinforcement

Answer 1

The answer is not (B) programmed learning.

Answer 2

Answer: The correct answer is "shaping".

Explanation: Shaping: This method is based on the fact that the subject must perform behaviors that in the first instance will seem to him the objective behavior but that as these behaviors change they change to form what the objective behavior would be.

It is an operant conditioning method.