A psychology student is training a rat to climb a ladder. She first rewards the rat for any movement it makes toward the ladder - and then only when the rat actually makes contact with the ladder. Eventually - the rat must successfully climb the ladder in order to obtain the reward. This student has used the behavioral technique of

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A psychology student is training a rat to climb a ladder. She first rewards the rat for any movement it makes toward the ladder - and then only when the rat actually makes contact with the ladder. Eventually - the rat must successfully climb the ladder in order to obtain the reward. This student has used the behavioral technique of