Question

Sean loves the movie Cars but he has low communication skills and cannot make a request to watch the movie. Sean’s RBT begins to model saying the word 'cars' and then immediately turns on the movie. Eventually, Sean makes the 'C' sound. Sean’s RBT begins turning the movie on when he makes that approximation. Later, Sean adds the 'A' sound saying 'CA'. Again, his technician stops reinforcing the previous approximation, and only reinforcing the 'CA'. Finally, Sean can say the entire word 'Cars' when he wants to watch the movie. What process helped Sean acquire this skill? MaintenanceExtinctionShapingPairing

Answer 1

Answer:Shaping

Explanation:

What is the process of shaping?

When someone is taught a behaviour or words that they haven't grasped or learnt yet that is known as shaping, it is also called successive approximation.

A person is walked through the steps towards the target behaviour by reinforcement of this behaviour little by little along the way until they reach the targeted behaviour.

The behaviour is broken into small successive pieces or part which are approximately closer to what the intended behaviour looks like.

Some behaviours are not just learnt but need to be taught and shaping is crucial for that.

A baby may need assistance in learning how to walk and slow by slow process can be used until the baby can walk on her own this step by step of installing this behaviour to a child until the baby walks is known as successive approximation

Knowing the child's weakness and strength may assist in knowing which steps to take in order to teach them something new especially for children who are in schools.