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-Ms. Washington tries to ignore Warren when he tells jokes in class. But sometimes Warren tells a joke so funny that Ms. Washington laughs in spite of herself. Rather than decreasing his joke-telling, Warren begins telling even more outrageous jokes. Inadvertently, Ms. Washington is modifying Warren's joke-telling behavior through:
A) stimulus discrimination
B) extinction
C) shaping
D) negative reinforcement

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Shaping is a process in behavioral psychology where reinforcements are used to guide someone towards a desired behavior. In this scenario, Ms. Washington's occasional laughter serves as a reinforcement, encouraging Warren to tell more jokes, thus shaping his behavior towards telling even more outrageous jokes.

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