Shaping is a(n) ________ procedure.

A) latent learning
B) operant conditioning
C) classical conditioning
D) observational learning

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that employs rewards and punishments for behavior, which affects the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.

Latent Learning

A form of learning that occurs without any immediate or obvious reinforcement, only becoming apparent through a subsequent change in behavior.

Observational Learning

Learning that occurs through observing the behaviors of others and the outcomes of those behaviors, without direct experience.