Match the descriptions with the appropriate concept.
-An operant-conditioning procedure in which successive approximations of a desired response are reinforced.
A)discriminative stimulus
B)spontaneous recovery
C)shaping
D)latent learning
E)instinctive drift

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Shaping involves reinforcing successive approximations of a desired behavior until the behavior is fully learned.

Answer: D
 Latent learning refers to learning that occurs without any obvious reinforcement or punishment, and is only displayed at a later time when there is an incentive to do so.

Answer: E
 Instinctive drift refers to the tendency for an animal's instinctive behavior to interfere with the learning of a new operant behavior, even if the new behavior is reinforced.

Answers A and B are not correctly matched as they do not correspond to the given descriptions.

Match the Descriptions with the Appropriate Concept