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A trainer rewards closer and closer approximations until the full behaviour appears. That method is:
AShaping
BScreening
CSorting
DSampling
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Shaping
1. Successive steps are rewarded.
2. The target behaviour is built up.
3. It is shaping.
_Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e, Chapter 6, Learning._
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