Bernice is "potty training" Kenny. First, she allows him to become familiar with the potty chair, next she reinforces Kenny for just sitting on the potty, and finally she reinforces Kenny for actually "using" the potty. Bernice is using a procedure called
a. latent learning.
b. vicarious classical conditioning.
c. shaping.
d. intermittent conditioning.
C
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