Alex learned how to make 3-point basketball shots by successfully making very short shots before shooting from increasingly longer distances from the hoop. This learning strategy best illustrates the process of

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Shaping is the process of gradually molding and refining a desired behavior by reinforcing responses that are increasingly similar to it. In this case, Alex learned to make 3-point shots by practicing and successfully making shorter shots first, gradually moving further from the hoop, which is an example of shaping. Observational learning involves learning by observing others, delayed reinforcement involves a delay between a behavior and its reinforcing consequence, and classical conditioning involves learning by association between stimuli.

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