GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
OPERANT CONDITIONING
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commonly known as the Puzzle Box.
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a chamber in which dogs are taught to salivate at the sound of a bell.
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a chamber in which animal responses can be recorded and the consequences can be systematically controlled.
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a cage in which animals transfer information from previous learning when solving a new problem.
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Detailed explanation-1: -A Skinner box, also known as an operant conditioning chamber, is a device used to objectively record an animal’s behavior in a compressed time frame. An animal can be rewarded or punished for engaging in certain behaviors, such as lever pressing (for rats) or key pecking (for pigeons).
Detailed explanation-2: -An operant conditioning chamber (also known as a Skinner box) is a laboratory apparatus used to study animal behavior. The operant conditioning chamber was created by B. F. Skinner while he was a graduate student at Harvard University.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Skinner box. To show how reinforcement works in a controlled environment, Skinner placed a hungry rat into a box that contained a lever. As the rat scurried around inside the box, it would accidentally press the lever, causing a food pellet to drop into the box.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Skinner Box is a chamber, often small, that is used to conduct operant conditioning research with animals. Within this chamber, there is usually a lever or key that an individual animal can operate to obtain a food or water source within the chamber as a reinforcer.
Detailed explanation-5: -In some experiments in the Skinner box, he would send an electric current through the box that would shock the rats. If the rats pushed the lever, the shocks would stop. The removal of that terrible pain was a negative reinforcement.