Question

Shaping is the reinforcement of successive _______.

a) responses.
b) elements of a chain.
c) approximations of a desired behavior.
d) increases in the intensity or topography of a behavior.

Answer 1

Approximation of desired behavior

Explanation:

The approximation of desired behavior is most likely to shape the learning behavior. When a behavior is guided and shaped by a technique that is called approximation. It enables the animals and human beings to learn a behavior until its approximation.

This behavior is not normal daily routine wok but it is a specialized work that has been shaped. When shaping behavior, there is a hierarchy that has to follow step by step. These steps are additive to each other. The response of the behavior is reinforced differently when shaping occurs. It consists of a hierarchy to shape the behavior and there is seven-step to make the hierarchy.