Multiple Choice
Shaping occurs when ____.
A) all methods of conditioning, namely, positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, and negative punishment, are used to create a new behavior
B) animals, as opposed to humans, are taught to do something that they did not do before
C) a novel behavior is slowly conditioned by reinforcing successive approximations of the final desired behavior
D) a behavior is reinforced repeatedly until it becomes nearly automatic
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