PSYB45H3 Chapter 7: Chapter 7
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Chapter 7: getting a new behaviour to occur with shaping. Shaping can be used to create a behaviour that the individual never does. Shaping development of new operant behaviour by reinforcement of successive approximations of that behaviour and the extinction of earlier approximations of that behaviour until the new behaviour occurs; aka method of successive approximations. Nd a speci c, nal target behaviour and state it so all 5 dimensions of it are identi ed. If di erent people work with you and expect di erent things, the consistency will not be the same and progress will be delayed. Starting behaviour is the one that already occurs and can be reinforced and will approximate the nal target behaviour; e. g. walking around the house once. Before starting shaping, make a layout of the steps you want e. g. nal target is saying daddy so maybe start with babble, then dada, dad, dadee, daddy, etc.
