Jack is trying to teach a pigeon to peck a disk to receive a reward. He will first reward close approximations to the desired goal through ____________.
A) place learning
B) operant reinforcing
C) cued recall
D) shaping

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Shaping involves rewarding successive approximations of a desired behavior, which is what Jack is doing by rewarding the pigeon for getting closer to pecking the disk. Place learning involves learning the location of objects, cued recall involves remembering a previously learned association, and operant reinforcing involves strengthening a behavior through rewards or punishments.

Jack Is Trying to Teach a Pigeon to Peck a Disk