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To teach an animal to perform a complex sequence of behaviors, animal trainers are most likely to use a procedure known as.

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shaping. Each step in the learning process is called an approximation. An animal may be reinforced for each successive approximation toward the final goal of the desired trained behavior. Animals learn complex behaviors through shaping.
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