Monique has trained a laboratory rat to eat food pellets whenever they are presented in

the test chamber, but, thus far, the rat has not pressed the lever in the
chamber.

Consequently, Monique begins to provide food pellets contingent on responses
that more closely approximate the target response of lever pressing. Monique is using the
procedure known as
a. eventuating.
b. shadowing.
c. sculpting.
d. shaping.
e. incrementing.


d. shaping.

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