You want your dog to learn to lie down when you are about to give him a treat.If you first reinforce his behavior when he sits,then when he sits and stays,then when he lies down,you are using the technique called:
A) shaping
B) the operant chamber
C) the Premack principle
D) negative reinforcement

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The technique being described is called shaping, which involves reinforcing successive approximations of the desired behavior. In this case, the desired behavior is lying down, but the dog is first reinforced for sitting, then sitting and staying, before finally being reinforced for lying down. This is a gradual process of shaping the behavior through reinforcement. The operant chamber (or Skinner box), the Premack principle, and negative reinforcement are all related to operant conditioning and behavior modification, but they are not specifically related to the gradual shaping of a behavior through reinforcement.

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