At first, Tom's father cheered every time Tom swung the bat.He gradually required Tom to make good swings before cheering, and eventually only a hit got a cheer.Tom's father used:
A)social learning
B)shaping
C)a fixed-ratio schedule
D)modeling

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Tom's father used shaping, which involves reinforcing successive approximations towards a desired behavior. In this case, Tom's father reinforced better swings by cheering, eventually only cheering for a hit. This gradually shaped Tom's behavior towards making better swings.

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