A newly diagnosed diabetic patient met with a health educator. The patient learns that consuming 3 full slices of cake every day is not a good option given the new diagnosis with diabetes. The patient reminds the health educator that eating cake is something they take pleasure in. The health educator creates a new plan for the patient that involve cutting down on the cake intake by half a slice every 2 weeks for the next 3 months. The patient agrees to the plan. This type of intervention is an example of?

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The intervention is an example of shaping, a technique in behavioral psychology where successive approximations of a target behavior are reinforced until the target behavior is achieved. In this case, the target behavior is reducing cake intake, and the approach is to gradually decrease the amount consumed over time.

A Newly Diagnosed Diabetic Patient Met with a Health Educator