![]() ![]() The skinner box, meanwhile, was designed as an experimental environment better suited to examine the more natural flow of behavior in animals. Learning in these settings is well-suited to examining discrete trials or episodes of behavior, instead of a continuous stream of behavior. The chamber is connected to electronic equipment that records the animal’s lever pressing or key pecking, allowing for the precise quantification of behavior.īefore the works of Skinner, the namesake of the Skinner box, instrumental learning was typically studied using a maze or puzzle box. 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. The Skinner Box is a chamber, often small, that is used to conduct operant conditioning research with animals. ![]()
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