"Okay, that was good! Now this time, don't close your eyes. Keep your eye on the ball, so you know when to close your hands," Mark said in the process of teaching his five-year-old to play catch. In operant conditioning terms, Mark is using _____ to teach his daughter how to catch a ball.
A) the partial reinforcement effect
B) shaping
C) generalization training
D) negative reinforcement

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Mark is using shaping to teach his daughter how to catch a ball, as he is breaking down the behavior into smaller steps (keeping her eye on the ball) and reinforcing each step as she successfully completes it. The other options do not accurately describe the method of teaching being used.

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