CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -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. An animal is placed in the box where it must learn to activate levers or respond to light or sound stimuli for reward.

Detailed explanation-2: -Skinner used animals in his experiments to formulate or flesh out theory applicable to people. A few examples of his work in this respect include schedules of reinforcement, behavior modification and shaping.

Detailed explanation-3: -During World War II, Skinner worked on a program called Project Pigeon – also known as Project Orcon, short for Organic Control – an experimental project to create pigeon-guided missiles. The pigeons were trained by Skinner to peck at a target, and they rewarded with food when they completed the task correctly.

Detailed explanation-4: -Pigeons are placed in chambers where they receive a food pellet for pecking at a response key. Some pigeons receive a pellet for every response (continuous reinforcement).

Detailed explanation-5: -Skinner began the training process by the showing the pigeon a dot projected on a translucent screen and, using the technique called shaping, would reward the bird with food when it pecked on the dot.