Shaping occurs when ____.
A) all methods of conditioning, namely, positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, and negative punishment, are used to create a new behavior
B) animals, as opposed to humans, are taught to do something that they did not do before
C) a novel behavior is slowly conditioned by reinforcing successive approximations of the final desired behavior
D) a behavior is reinforced repeatedly until it becomes nearly automatic

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Shaping occurs when a novel behavior is slowly conditioned by reinforcing successive approximations of the final desired behavior. This means that the behavior is not immediately achieved, but rather built up over time as the subject receives reinforcement for behaviors that are increasingly similar to the desired behavior.

Shaping Occurs When ____