Parents may successfully shape a complex behavior in their child, such as tying shoelaces
or riding a bicycle. However, the eventual and more efficient form of the behavior will be
the result, not of parental shaping, but shaping by
a. natural selection.
b. expert models.
c. natural contingencies.
d. successive approximations.
e. punishers rather than reinforcers.
c. natural contingencies.
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A. locus of control B. affect C. coping strategies D. secondary appraisal
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