Question

Adia, a psychology instructor, is trying to get her students to discuss more in class. At first, she gives them points for small amounts of class participation, but she keeps making them participate more for the same amount of points until she has them participating a great deal in class. Adia is using the operant conditioning technique of __________ to get her class to behave as she desires.

Answer 1

Answer: Shaping

Explanation:

Shaping in terms of operant conditioning is defined as mechanism in which closely related reinforcements are rewarded that aim towards the targeted behavior .Exactly desired behavior in not expected in this series rather successive behavior is appreciated.

According to the question,Adia is using behavioral shaping in her class towards student.She is rewarding points to children for indulging in class participation as children are showing closely related feature through small amount of indulgence which is behavior leading to desired behavior.