PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Baby Talk
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Getting a new behavior to occur with shaping. Behavior an individual acquires during a lifetime develop from a variety of sources and influences. Sometimes a new behavior develops when an individual performs some initial behavior and the environment then reinforces slight variations in that behavior across a number of trials. Eventually, initial behavior may be shaped so that the final form no longer resembles it. First a child passes through a stage in which very remote approximations of words in the parents native language are reinforced. Then child enters a stage in which baby talk is reinforced. Finally the parents and others require the child to pronounce words in accordance with the practices of the verbal community before reinforcement is given. Topography: spatial configuration or form of a particular response (eg. specific movements involved) Topography shaping occurs when teaching a child to switch from a painting to a writing response.
