Joanne was teaching her two year old son to write his first name. She praised him for writing the first letter correctly. After the child had mastered that first step, she praised him for every letter he wrote, until he wrote the entire name correctly. This implies that Joanne was engaging in _____.
A)shaping
B)negative reinforcement
C)punishment
D)extinction
E)positive reinforcement

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Shaping is defined as the process of reinforcing closer and closer approximations to a target behavior. In this case, Joanne praised her son letter-by-letter until the entire name was correctly written by him.

Joanne Was Teaching Her Two Year Old Son to Write