an enclosure that contains a bar or key that can be pressed to obtain food or water, and that is used to study operant conditioning in rats, pigeons, or other small animals. (246)
A cage for animals, equipped with a response lever and a food tray dispenser, used in research on operant conditioning.
A laboratory apparatus in which an animal is placed for an operant-conditioning experiment. It contains a lever or other device that the animal must manipulate to obtain a reward or avoid punishment.
A device that automatically released food in response to an animal manipulating a specific object (e.g., pressing a bar). This device allowed scientists to measure behavior accurately over long periods of time.
Animal placed inside the box is rewarded with a small bit of food each time it makes the desired response, such as pressing a lever or pecking a key. A device outside the box records the animal's responses; also see Operant conditioning
a device to ensure no outside contact, apart from scientifically controlled bouts of punishment or praise
a often small chamber that is used to conduct operant conditioning research with animals
a small cage with a food dispenser
A small, soundproof chamber for doing experiments with pigeons, rats or other small animals.
a box or cage used in experiments involving conditioning. An animal must learn to press a lever or other mechanism in order to escape punishment or obtain a reward.
An operant conditioning chamber (usually Skinner box) is a laboratory apparatus used in experimental psychology to study animal behavior. The Skinner box is named after its inventor, the behaviorist B.F. Skinner, who created the device while a graduate student at Harvard University around 1930.