AP PSYCHOLOGY

LEARNING

OPERANT CONDITIONING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who created the Operant Conditioning Chamber?
A
Edward Tolman
B
John Garcia
C
BF Skinner
D
Ivan Pavlov
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The operant conditioning chamber was created by B. F. Skinner while he was a graduate student at Harvard University. The chamber can be used to study both operant conditioning and classical conditioning.

Detailed explanation-2: -B. F. Skinner did not use puzzle boxes. Instead, he developed a device known as an operant conditioning chamber, or Skinner box.

Detailed explanation-3: -The skinner box, otherwise known as an operant conditioning chamber, is a laboratory apparatus used to study animal behavior within a compressed time frame. Underlying the development of the skinner box was the concept of operant conditioning; a type of learning that occurs as a consequence of a behavior.

Detailed explanation-4: -Skinner’s Theory of Learning: Operant Conditioning. According to B. F. Skinner’s theory of learning, our behaviors are developed or conditioned through reinforcements. He referred to this process as operant conditioning, with operant referring to any behavior that acts on the environment and leads to consequences.

Detailed explanation-5: -An operant conditioning chamber, colloquially known as a Skinner box, is a laboratory tool that was developed in the 1930s by B.F. Skinner. It is used to study free-operant behavior in animals and can be used to model both operant and classical conditioning.

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