Operant responses are typically established through a gradual process in which closer and closer approximations of the desired response are reinforced. this process is called

The correct answer is shaping. Shaping, in operant conditioning, is being defined as the process that involves or associated with having to reinforce successive approximations in regards to the individual’s desired or the individual’s targeted behavior. It is usually a conditioning paradigm that is used for experimental analysis of a behavior.

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