As you learned in your readings for this unit, imitation (also known as modeling), shaping, and chaining are some of the methods used to help children (and sometimes adults) acquire new behaviors. For this assignment, please do the following:
1. Define modeling, shaping, and chaining as they are used in teaching new behaviors.
2. Give two examples of how modeling can be used in teaching new behaviors.
3. Examine the role of extinction in shaping a new behavior.
4. Examine the role of a task analysis in teaching a behavior chain.
