On the first day of kindergarten,Terry's teacher responds to the students every time they ask her a question.By the end of the first week,the teacher will only respond to students who are sitting quietly at their desks.At the end of the second week,the teacher will only respond to students' questions if they are quietly seated,raise their hands,and wait to be called on before asking their questions.Terry's teacher is using ________ to change the students' behavior.

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Terry's teacher is using shaping to modify the students' behavior. Shaping involves reinforcing behaviors that are increasingly similar to the desired behavior. In this case, the teacher is reinforcing the students who are quietly seated and raising their hands before asking questions. This gradually shapes the behavior of the class to match the desired behavior of being quiet and raising hands before asking questions. Habituation is the process of becoming less responsive to repeated stimuli over time, and is not applicable here. Punishment involves decreasing unwanted behavior through negative consequences, which is not what the teacher is doing here. Secondary conditioning involves pairing neutral stimuli with a previously conditioned stimulus, which is also not relevant in this scenario.

On the First Day of Kindergarten,Terry's Teacher Responds to the Students