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Alex learned how to make a 3-point basketball shot by successfully making very short shots before shooting from increasingly longer distances from the hoop. This learning strategy best illustrates the process of

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shaping

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Shaping: In psychology, the term shaping refers to a particular phenomenon that involves behavior establishment which is not being learned formerly or performed by a person at present. It involves the reinforcement procedure in which a particular behavior is being reinforced which is considered as close to the desired behavior also known as a successive approximation.

In the question above, the given learning strategy best illustrates the process of shaping.

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