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shaping

n. the production of new forms of operant behavior by reinforcement of successive approximations to the behavior (see method of successive approximations). Also called approximation conditioning; behavior shaping.

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primary reinforcer

primary reinforcer

see natural reinforcer; primary reinforcement.