A boy is teaching his younger sister how to make her bed. At first, he tells her she did a good job if she gets the bedspread pulled up, even if the sheets are still rumpled. Each following day,
he encourages her to be a little neater before telling her she did a good job. The boy may not know it, but he is using
a. secondary reinforcement.
b. primary reinforcement.
c. a fixed-interval schedule.
d. shaping by successive approximations.
Answer: d. shaping by successive approximations.
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