Question

Alex learned how to make 3-point basketball shots by successfully making very short shots before shooting from increasingly longer distances from the hoop. this learning strategy best illustrates the process of select one:
a. observational learning.
b. delayed reinforcement.
c. shaping.
d. classical conditioning.

Answer 1

 This learning strategy best illustrates the process of "shaping".

Shaping refers to a conditioning model utilized principally in the experimental investigation of conduct. The strategy utilized is differential support of progressive approximations. It was presented by B. F. Skinner with pigeons initially and stretched out to puppies, dolphins, people and different species.