In Skinner’s lab rats, the process of rewarding a rat for successively closer approximations to a desired behavior is called
a. shaping.
b. punishment.
c. social learning theory.
d. observational learning.
Answer: a. shaping
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a. normal people can be taught to use one hemisphere at a time. b. most people use the right hemisphere more often than the left hemisphere. c. only creative people can use both hemispheres simultaneously. d. the activities of both hemispheres of the brain combine to produce most behaviors.
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