Trevor is taking a learning and memory course. Each student in the class gets a rat to train. They must get their rat to pick up a marble and put it in a hole in a cover in the cage. At first Trevor rewards his rat for sniffing near the marble. Later, he gets the rat to move the marble. Then, the rat is rewarded for moving the marble to the lid that has the hole in it. Next, for putting the marble on top of the lid. Finally, he rewards the rat only when the marble goes into the hole in the lid of the can. This process is called
A)habituation.
B)adaptation.
C)generalization.
D)shaping.
E)anticipatory learning.

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This process is called shaping, a method of training by which successive approximations toward a desired behavior are reinforced. Trevor rewards behaviors that are progressively closer to the final desired action of putting the marble in the hole.

Trevor Is Taking a Learning and Memory Course