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Shaping
§Operant conditioning procedure in which reinforcers guide behavior closer towards target behavior through successive approximations.
A rat shaped to sniff mines. A manatee shaped to discriminate
objects with different shapes, colors and sizes.
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Fred Bavendam/ Peter Arnold, Inc.
OBJECTIVE 22-3| Describe the shaping procedure, and how it can increase our understanding of what animals and babies can discriminate.