Which statement best describes the topography of shaping?

The statement that shaping best describes what a behavior looks like is accurate because shaping is a behavioral technique that involves gradually reinforcing closer and closer approximations to a desired behavior. This means that the focus is on the characteristics or topography of the behavior—in other words, how the behavior is performed and what it entails.

In shaping, the trainer defines a target behavior and then reinforces successive approximations of that behavior until the final behavior is achieved. This process emphasizes the form or appearance of the behavior, making option B the most suitable description of shaping. The other options primarily address aspects such as duration, frequency, or timing of behavior, which are not the central focus of shaping.