page_title: Operant conditioning chamber
hierarchical_section_title: Operant conditioning chamber
caption_attribution_description: Skinner box, a cage to perform behavioural experiments with animals
context_page_description: An operant conditioning chamber is a laboratory apparatus used to study animal behavior. The operant conditioning chamber was created by B. F. Skinner while he was a graduate student at Harvard University. It may have been inspired by Jerzy Konorski's studies. It is used to study both operant conditioning and classical conditioning.
  Skinner created the operant chamber as a variation of the puzzle box originally created by Edward Thorndike.
context_section_description: An operant conditioning chamber (also known as the Skinner box) is a laboratory apparatus used to study animal behavior. The operant conditioning chamber was created by B. F. Skinner while he was a graduate student at Harvard University. It may have been inspired by Jerzy Konorski's studies. It is used to study both operant conditioning and classical conditioning.
  Skinner created the operant chamber as a variation of the puzzle box originally created by Edward Thorndike.
caption: Skinner box
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