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shaping /shap·ing/ (shap´ing) a technique in behavior therapy in which new behavior is produced by providing reinforcement for progressively closer approximations of the final desired behavior.

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shap·ing (shpng)

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A technique that is used in operant conditioning in which the behavior is modified by stepwise reinforcement of behaviors that produce progressively closer approximations of the desired behavior.

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shaping

a learning technique using gradual approximations to the desired response with reward at each step.