Question

David is taking a class about learning and motivation and he has to work in the laboratory two times a week teaching a rat to press a bar. The cage that he uses allows David to control the reinforcement and punishment that the rat receives. The name for this device used for investigating learning in animals is called a:__________.

a. Pavlov terrarium.
b. Thorndike aquarium.
c. Watson chamber.
d. Skinner box.

Answer 1

d. Skinner box

Step-by-step explanation:

Skinner box provides an experimental condition that is used for examining natural flow of the behavior. It is also known with the other name as Operant conditioning chamber. It is a small chamber in which the animals for research are kept. Within the chamber there is a lever or key that the organisms under research can operate in order to get food or water in the chamber. An electronic equipment is connected to the chamber which records the activities of animals on keys or lever.