In operant conditioning, _____ refers to rewarding successive approximations of a desired behavior.
A)contingency
B)extinction
C)contiguity
D)shaping

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Shaping involves rewarding successive approximations of a desired behavior. Contingency refers to the relationship between behaviors and their consequences, contiguity refers to the closeness in time between a behavior and its consequence, and extinction refers to the weakening and eventual disappearance of a learned behavior when the reinforcement is removed.

In Operant Conditioning, _____ Refers to Rewarding Successive Approximations of a Desired