Rbt Training - Shaping Study Guide Questions And Correct Answers

Shaping is a Process {Ans: Systematic process that does not usually proceed along a forward continuum You will need to go back a step and start reinforcing that are further from the target Ex juice, after vacation, may return to juh instead of joo-2 steps forward 1 step back}Examples of Shaping {Ans: Rat being taught to touch lever to get food-crossing cage, closer, nose to lever, presses lever Writing in lines-letters not well formed, feedback, well formed, learn to write well formed within lines}Shaping Definition {Ans: Process of differentially reinforcing successive approximations to a target behavior Ex. teaching juice, juh, joo, juice}Differential Reinforcement {Ans: Process of systematically reinforcing some responses but not others}Reinforcement {Ans: Reinforcement provided on a contingent response Shaping can occur with either positive or negative reinforcement}Differential Reinforcement {Ans: Process of reinforcing certain responses but not others-gradually reinforce responses that are closer and closer to the target response}