In a correctional home, small gestures among fellow inmates, like helping each other at work, or offering food to the needy, are rewarded with better treatment from the management and guarantee a more positive response at parole hearings in the long run. This method of rehabilitation of convicts demonstrates _____.
A) orientation reflex
B) extinction
C) classical conditioning
D) shaping

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The method of rewarding small gestures among fellow inmates is an example of shaping, which is a technique used in operant conditioning to reinforce desired behaviors gradually. The positive reinforcement of better treatment and a higher chance of parole for helpful behavior is intended to shape the inmates' behavior towards more desirable outcomes.

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