Question

Mary’s parents want her to put her books in her bookcase. At first, they praise her for putting the books together in one pile. Then they praise her for getting the books on the same side of the room as the bookcase. When she gets the books on top of the bookcase, she gets praise. Finally, her parents praise her when she puts her books in the bookcase. This is an example of ____

Answer 1

Answer: Shaping

Explanation:

Shaping could be defined as a process of moulding or designing an object or someone to a specific shape you want them to be, using different methods to see this works out to produce your desired results. Mary's parent have an end-point or aim of what they want Mary to do, and Mary is following different process to get to their aim, this is known as Shaping. They are moulding her to their specification of what they want her to be or do.