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TANVIR AHMED
on Nov 23, 2024
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A tennis coach works with players to improve the accuracy of their backhand stroke with successive attempts to produce more hits on target each week of the season. The coach slowly adjusts the form of the backstroke until it is the correct overall swing. The coach is using a form of conditioning known as
A) stimulus generalization.
B) shaping.
C) punishment.
D) discrimination.
Shaping
A method used in behavioral psychology to gradually train a new behavior by reinforcing successive approximations toward the desired behavior.
Stimulus Generalization
The psychological phenomenon where a response that has been conditioned to a specific stimulus is elicited by similar, but not identical, stimuli.
- Explain the concept of shaping and its relevance to learning behaviors.
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Learning Objectives
- Explain the concept of shaping and its relevance to learning behaviors.