While Skinner didn't use a Skinner Box to train the birds he would eventually use in Project Pigeon, the device he created for Project Pigeon utilized same principles of providing Operant ...

But the Skinner-box setup is also limited—to one or a few pre-defined responses and to changes in their rate of occurrence. Operant conditioning in fact involves selection from a repertoire of ...

It turns out rats like to take pictures of themselves too. Augustin Lignier, a professional photographer in Paris, recently tested this theory with two pet store rats in a Skinner box.

The Skinner box, as it became known, dispensed food pellets when rats pushed a designated lever. It became one of the most well-known experimental paradigms in psychology.

The same rules apply on computer and mobile-based social media sites. This table presents some of the variables BF Skinner would manipulate to perform his experiments along with the web and mobile ...

Reference: B.F. Skinner, The Shaping of a Behaviorist, 1979, p. 167, 361. Location Currently not on view Credit Line Gift of Fred S. Keller ID Number 1985.0075.01 accession number 1985.0075 catalog ...