Darren is trying to get his young son to eat his peas. at first, darren praises him whenever he moves his fork near the peas; after the child does this reliably, darren praises him only if he actually puts a pea on his fork; then darren's praise is only given when the child puts a pea on his fork and moves the fork toward his mouth. darren carries on this way until the child eats his peas. darren is using to get his son to eat his peas.

a. the matching law
b. a token economy
c. shaping
d. chaining

Darren is using C. shaping to get his son to eat his peas.

Explanation:

Shaping is a tactic used within Operant Conditioning, which is understood as the process for a subject to acquire a certain behavior through reinforcements.

Shaping occurs when the reinforcements occur during a successive pattern of the behavior, not only whenever a behavior is present.

We can see it clearly in this example; Darren slowly starts to praise (reinforce) his son's behaviors, gradually moving from moving his fork towards the peas until he moves the fork with the pea to its mouth.

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