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A schedule of reinforcement is a rule describing the under which behavior will produce reinforcement.

The process of breaking a complex skill into smaller, teachable units, resulting in a series of sequentially ordered steps, is called:

Guidelines from The Modern Principles of Shaping include (mark all that apply)

Which of the following is NOT listed as a key term in the chapter?

A behavior chain with a limited hold results in performance that is fluent.

Each stimulus change in a behavior chain serves as an SD for the subsequent response and as a conditioned reinforcer for the preceding response.

Schedule thinning refers to:

What is a likely outcome when an initially reinforced behavior is treated with extinction, demonstrating extinction-induced variability?

When would shaping not be the most appropriate procedure to us?

reinforcement involves adding a stimulus to an environment that as a result increases behavior.