CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Which one of these teaching strategies was not a method employed by Skinner for his box experiment? Explanation: Although placebos are used in a great deal of experiments, the Skinner box was developed to study the impact of reinforcement and punishment on learning and behavior.

Detailed explanation-2: -Skinner (1948) studied operant conditioning by conducting experiments using animals which he placed in a ‘ Skinner Box ‘ which was similar to Thorndike’s puzzle box. 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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Operant Conditioning Learning. B.F. Skinner proposed his theory on operant conditioning by conducting various experiments on animals. He used a special box known as “Skinner Box” for his experiment on rats.

Detailed explanation-4: -Operant conditioning occurs when a behavior (as opposed to a stimulus) is associated with the occurrence of a significant event. In the best-known example, a rat in a laboratory learns to press a lever in a cage (called a “Skinner box”) to receive food.