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Reinforcement. The term reinforce means to strengthen, and is used in psychology to refer to anything stimulus which strengthens or increases the probability of a specific response. For example, if you want your dog to sit on command, you may give him a treat every time he sits for you.he term reinforce means to strengthen, and is used in psychology to refer to anything stimulus which strengthens or increases the probability of a specific response. For example, if you want your dog to sit on command, you may give him a treat every time he sits for you.
If a behavior never occurs, we say that it is not in the persons repertoire. Shaping is a way of adding behaviors to a persons repertoire. Shaping is used when the target behavior does not yet exist. In shaping, what is reinforced is some approximation of the target behavior. Approximation means any behavior that resembles the desired behavior or takes the person closer to the desired behavior. Successive approximations are steps toward the target behavior, the behavior you want to shape.