Shaping is an appropriate method for developing new behavior when
A. no appropriate reinforcers can be found.
B. performance is otherwise too poor to gain reinforcement.
C. students are capable of the behavior but seldom perform it.
D. there is no one available to model the appropriate behavior.
Answer:B
Shaping is an appropriate method for developing new behavior when
A. no appropriate reinforcers can be found. B. performance is otherwise too poor to gain reinforcement. C. students are capable of the behavior but seldom perform it. D. there is no one available to model the appropriate behavior.
Explanation: B) Shaping, also called successive approximations, involves reinforcing progress toward a response rather than requiring the complete response. This procedure may be particularly effective when performance is otherwise too poor to gain reinforcement (i.e., the learner is making progress but is unlikely to be capable of performing the full response).