Skinner box
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The Skinner box is an experimental apparatus used in behavioral psychology to study and control animal learning through systematically administered rewards and punishments.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Skinner box canonical | 1 |
| operant conditioning chamber | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T169263 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Skinner box Context triple: [B. F. Skinner, knownFor, Skinner box]
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Philortyx
Philortyx is a genus of New World quails known for their ground-dwelling habits and occurrence in scrub and grassland habitats of the Americas.
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Kinetoscope
The Kinetoscope was an early motion picture exhibition device that allowed a single viewer to watch short films through a peephole, pioneering the commercial development of cinema in the 1890s.
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Audion
Audion is an early triode vacuum tube invented by Lee de Forest that enabled the amplification of electrical signals and was crucial to the development of radio and electronics.
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B Reactor
B Reactor is the world’s first full-scale plutonium production reactor, built during the Manhattan Project at the Hanford Site in Washington State.
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Stanley
Stanley is an autonomous robotic vehicle developed by Stanford University that gained fame for winning the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge, a landmark event in self-driving car research.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Skinner box Target entity description: The Skinner box is an experimental apparatus used in behavioral psychology to study and control animal learning through systematically administered rewards and punishments.
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A.
Philortyx
Philortyx is a genus of New World quails known for their ground-dwelling habits and occurrence in scrub and grassland habitats of the Americas.
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B.
Kinetoscope
The Kinetoscope was an early motion picture exhibition device that allowed a single viewer to watch short films through a peephole, pioneering the commercial development of cinema in the 1890s.
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C.
Audion
Audion is an early triode vacuum tube invented by Lee de Forest that enabled the amplification of electrical signals and was crucial to the development of radio and electronics.
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D.
B Reactor
B Reactor is the world’s first full-scale plutonium production reactor, built during the Manhattan Project at the Hanford Site in Washington State.
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E.
Stanley
Stanley is an autonomous robotic vehicle developed by Stanford University that gained fame for winning the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge, a landmark event in self-driving car research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
behavioral psychology tool
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experimental apparatus ⓘ operant conditioning chamber ⓘ |
| administers |
negative punishment
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negative reinforcement ⓘ positive punishment ⓘ positive reinforcement ⓘ punishments ⓘ rewards ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Skinner box
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surface form:
operant conditioning chamber
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| component |
electric grid floor
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enclosed chamber ⓘ food dispenser ⓘ lever ⓘ response key ⓘ signal light ⓘ speaker ⓘ water dispenser ⓘ |
| controls |
contingencies between behavior and outcome
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stimulus presentation ⓘ timing of reinforcement ⓘ |
| developedBy |
B. F. Skinner (born Burrhus Frederic Skinner)
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surface form:
B. F. Skinner
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| developedInField | radical behaviorism ⓘ |
| enables |
automated data collection
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long-duration experiments ⓘ precise control of experimental conditions ⓘ |
| field |
behavioral psychology
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experimental psychology ⓘ |
| historicalUse | demonstration of cumulative record of responses ⓘ |
| measures |
frequency of responses
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response latency ⓘ response rate ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
B. F. Skinner (born Burrhus Frederic Skinner)
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surface form:
B. F. Skinner
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| relatedConcept |
behavior shaping
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experimental analysis of behavior ⓘ operant conditioning ⓘ reinforcement schedule ⓘ |
| typicalSubject |
mouse
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pigeon ⓘ rat ⓘ |
| usedFor |
behavior shaping experiments
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experimental analysis of behavior ⓘ research on punishment ⓘ research on reinforcement ⓘ research on schedules of reinforcement ⓘ study of animal learning ⓘ study of behavior control ⓘ study of operant conditioning ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Skinner box Description of subject: The Skinner box is an experimental apparatus used in behavioral psychology to study and control animal learning through systematically administered rewards and punishments.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
B. F. Skinner
this entity surface form:
operant conditioning chamber