Shaping is the process of reinforcing successive approximations to a desired behavior to ultimately shape the behavior to its desired form. This involves taking advantage of the natural variability in behavior and rewarding closer and closer approximations to the target behavior.

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Shaping is

A) a process by which natural variability in behavior is exploited so that a new behavior is acquired by reinforcing successive approximation to it
B) a process by which the environment of an animal is resculptured to fit the genetic propensities of the animal (e.g., panel is presented to a pigeon rather than a lever)
C) restructuring a stimulus until it is a useful reinforcer
D) restructuring the experimental set-up until the conditions for successful conditioning prevail

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