Shaping in Romantic Relationships Shaping with reinforcement occurs in romantic relationships rather the individuals realize it or not. Surprisingly enough in my relationship I realized after the fact, that my boyfriend was the one shaping my behavior. My boyfriend is a Marine who enjoys a lot of physical activity his favorite, Muay Thai. Ive never been interested in learning nor participating in it. Whenever he would train I would be on the side lines doing my own exercises or completely ignore him. He was very persistent on me trying Muay Thai, but it was something I had no interest in. That all changed once he began teaching me the stances and moves systematic. Even though he was not doing it on purpose, I can now see through his positive and negative reinforcement how I was...