SHAPING

Shaping

Shaping is a conditioning paradigm used primarily in the experimental analysis of behavior. The method used is differential reinforcement of successive approximations. It was introduced by B.F. Skinner with pigeons and extended to dogs, dolphins, humans and other species. In shaping, the form of an existing response is gradually changed across successive trials towards a desired target behavior by rewarding exact segments of behavior. Skinner's explanation of shaping was this:

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shaping

Noun

  1. A method of positive reinforcement of behaviour patterns in operant conditioning.
  2. The action of the verb to shape.

Verb

shaping



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