In teaching her son to play basketball,Mrs. Richards initially reinforces him with praise for simply dribbling while standing still,then only for walking while dribbling,and finally only for running while dribbling. She is using a procedure known as

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Mrs. Richards is using shaping, which involves reinforcing successive approximations of a behavior until the desired behavior is achieved. This is demonstrated by her reinforcing her son for gradually more complex aspects of dribbling (standing still, walking, then running), until he is able to perform the desired behavior (running while dribbling).

In Teaching Her Son to Play Basketball,Mrs