Nicolas has autistic disorder and he was mute. A therapist working with Nicolas initially gave him a piece of chocolate any time
he made a sound with his lips. This slowly changed until Nicolas only received a piece of chocolate for saying complete words, and eventually only for saying complete sentences. In this example, Nicolas developed speech skills through the use of _________.a. classical conditioningb. modelingc. shapingd. negative reinforcement
Shaping is a method where the goal is to reinforce successive approximations of a desired behavior, in this case, the sound that Nicolas does and the successive approximation was to go form little sound to complete sentences.
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