An operant conditioner such as B. F. Skinner might provide you with a reinforcer after you make a sound, then after a louder sound, then after a more pleasant sound, and so forth until you are singing. This procedure would be an example of

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Shaping is the process of reinforcing successive approximations towards a desired behavior. In this case, the behavior being reinforced is making a sound, and the reinforcer is being gradually increased in intensity or quality until the behavior reaches the desired outcome of singing.

An Operant Conditioner Such as B