Sara wants to teach her cat Fluffy to use his paw to turn on the television. Sara differentially reinforces Fluffy's behavior of being within one foot of the television, being within one foot and facing the television, when Fluffy touches the television with his paw, when he touches the on button with his paw, and finally when Fluffy hits the on button with his paw. This is an example of using shaping to:

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Alonzo Matthews

26 June, 14:16

Sara wants to teach her cat Fluffy to use his paw to turn on the television. Sara differentially reinforces Fluffy's behavior of being within one foot of the television, being within one foot and facing the television, when Fluffy touches the television with his paw, when he touches the on button with his paw, and finally when Fluffy hits the on button with his paw. This is an example of using shaping to:

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Jacquelyn Blanchard · Answer 1

This is an example of using shaping to generate a novel behavior.

Explanation:

Shaping is the term used by psychology to determine the creation of behavior through constant observation of conditions that are executed in succession. In other words, it is the term that refers to the constant teaching of factors that force the individual to assume a desired behavior. Through shapping, positive reinforcement allows a gradual learning process to be established, as Sara did with her cat.