Across several practices, a swimmer is reinforced for starting more and more quickly to the sound of the starter's pistol.This is an example of _______shaping.
A)duration
B)intensity
C)latency
D)topography

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Shaping involves reinforcing successive approximations toward a desired behavior. In this case, the behavior being shaped is the swimmer's response time (or latency) to the sound of the starter's pistol, with the goal of starting more quickly. Latency refers to the time elapsed between a stimulus (the starter's pistol) and the response (beginning to swim).

Across Several Practices, a Swimmer Is Reinforced for Starting More