shaping

The action of the verb to shape.

• In contrast to the (to be sure, productive) shapings and constrainings of human identities in the sociotechnical network, here we have an expansion of identity.

The action of the verb to shape.; A method of positive reinforcement of behaviour patterns in a series of steps in operant conditioning.

• In general, it's a good idea to know ahead of time what your shaping steps will be and try to get 80% to 100% correct trials during the shaping steps and repeat each step for only 5 to 10 trials in a row.

The action of the verb to shape.; The action of the metal-cutting machine called a shaper, which uses linear single-point cutting. It is largely but not entirely obsolete.

present participle and gerund of shapeform-ofgerundparticiple