GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
OPERANT CONDITIONING
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an operant conditioning chamber.
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a Pavlovian conditioning laboratory.
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children.
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cats in puzzle boxes.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Skinner created the operant conditioning chamber as a variation of the puzzle box originally created by Edward Thorndike. While Skinner’s early studies were done using rats, he later moved on to study pigeons. The operant conditioning chamber may be used to observe or manipulate behaviour.
Detailed explanation-2: -Skinner showed how negative reinforcement worked by placing a rat in his Skinner box and then subjecting it to an unpleasant electric current which caused it some discomfort. As the rat moved about the box it would accidentally knock the lever. Immediately it did so the electric current would be switched off.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -B. F. Skinner did not use puzzle boxes. Instead, he developed a device known as an operant conditioning chamber, or Skinner box.