Multiple Choice
An experimenter wishes to provide reinforcement for a rat every time it presses a lever. But the rat never presses the lever. Therefore the experimenter decides to use the procedure of shaping. What will the experimenter do first?
A) Show the rat how to press the lever.
B) Mold the rat's body into the correct position to press the lever.
C) Change the dimensions of the lever.
D) Reinforce the rat for something simple, like sitting up.
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