Estefan has problems with penmanship.His fine motor skills are not well developed and Mrs.Finch believes that he will never perform well enough to gain reinforcement.Mrs.Finch breaks the task of forming letters with long stems into small steps.First,she expects Estefan to make straight stems.She will reinforce his efforts when he makes straight stems on his writing assignment.In this case,she is using:
A)cueing.
B)the Premack principle.
C)shaping.
D)cueing and prompting.

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Mrs. Finch is using shaping, which involves breaking down a complex task into smaller steps and reinforcing each step until the entire task is mastered. By starting with the simpler task of making straight stems, Mrs. Finch is gradually shaping Estefan's penmanship skills towards the more complex task of writing letters with long stems.

Estefan Has Problems with Penmanship