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.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| 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 |
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
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| developedInField |
radical behaviorism
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| 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
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| measures |
frequency of responses
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response latency → response rate → |
| namedAfter |
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 → |
Referenced by (2)
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Skinner box
("operant conditioning chamber")
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alsoKnownAs |
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B. F. Skinner
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knownFor |