Exam 9: Shaping

Which of the following is NOT a guideline involved in shaping?

Shaping is a behavioral procedure in which ______________ of a target behavior are ______________ until the person eventually engages in the target behavior.

During shaping what is responsible for the emergence of novel behaviors?

Why is it important to move from reinforcing one approximation to the next approximation at a proper pace?

In shaping:

Which of the following strategies is used when a target behavior is not occurring at all?

The starting behavior that is used in shaping is:

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:

Conditioned reinforcers are useful when using shaping because they:

With shaping you can get a new behavior to start so that you can keep it going with ______________.

______________ is the starting behavior in the process of using shaping to develop language in a young child.

A young child has just learned to say "ball" as a result of shaping.How do you bring the child's behavior of saying "ball" under stimulus control of a ball?

If the individual already engages in the target behavior at least occasionally, shaping is the best procedure to use.

When reinforcement for each approximation of the target behavior is eliminated ____________ occurs, and a ____________ behavior is then reinforced.