Mrs. Martin teaches cursive writing to third-grade students. Initially, she reinforces even students' failed attempts to reproduce letters with words of encouragement. However, over time, she reinforces only well-formed letters. In this scenario, the process of progressively reinforcing better attempts at writing letters best exemplifies the concept of
A. extinction.
B. spontaneous recovery.
C. classical conditioning.
D. shaping.
Answer: D
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