B.F.Skinner's work elaborated what E.L.Thorndike had called

A) shaping.
B) conditioned reinforcement.
C) the law of effect.
D) resistance to extinction.

Law Of Effect

Thorndike’s principle that behaviors followed by favorable consequences become more likely, and that behaviors followed by unfavorable consequences become less likely.

Shaping

A behavioral psychology technique of progressively reinforcing behaviors that approximate or lead towards a desired goal behavior.

Conditioned Reinforcement

A process where a stimulus gains the capacity to reinforce desirable behaviors through its association with a primary reinforcer.