shaping
Shaping consists of taking a very small tendency in the right direction and shifting it, one small step at a time, toward an ultimate goal is also know as __________
successive approximations
If one shaping procedure is not eliciting progress, ___________
find another
Always put current level of response onto a ________________ schedule of reinforcement before adding or raising criteria
variable
when you shape an animal to touch its nose on a specific spot is called
target
Shaping is possible because the behavior of living things is _____________
variable
If a learned behavior deteriorates, ____________
review the shaping procedure
When the subject realizes the point of what is being asked to do and does it, is called ___________
"Aha!" Moment
Watching and then copying is called
mimicry
Behaviors that the person/animal is capable of is called
Behavior repertoire
When you stop is not nearly as important as
what you stop on
How many criterion do you train at a time
One
Hand over hand is called
modeling
the first step in the shaping process is
find some behavior presently occurring
when introducing a new criterion, _____________
relax the old ones
How fast you can raise criteria is a function of how well
you are communicating
when you say "I am going to reinforce you for putting your clothes in the hamper" you are
bribing or promising
whether we succeed in shaping ultimately depends not upon our shaping expertise but upon
persistence
In the shaping process one reinforcement cannot convey _____________
two pieces of information
The fastest way to shape behavior- sometimes the only way- is to raise criteria at
whatever interval it takes to make it easy for the subject to improve steadily
What are the three shortcuts to shaping
targeting
mimicry
modeling