Definition of Skinner box in English:

Skinner box

noun

Psychology

An apparatus for studying instrumental conditioning in animals (typically rats or pigeons) in which the animal is isolated and provided with a lever or switch which it learns to use to obtain a reward, such as a food pellet, or to avoid a punishment, such as an electric shock.
〔心理〕斯金纳箱（一种研究动物操作性条件反射的仪器）
Example sentencesExamples
- The studies described as operant were conducted in Skinner boxes using positive reinforcement and a free operant procedure.
- The students have a joke about the rats in the Skinner box.
- An animal behaviorist I knew used to demonstrate this in laboratory rats that were previously shaped to the Skinner box procedures.
- The ‘projects’ turned out to be a dreadful welfare-state variant of the Skinner box.
- The novel becomes a sort of Skinner box, the characters within prodded and cajoled by jolts of the otherworldly.

Origin

1940s: named after B. F. Skinner (see Skinner, B. F).

Definition of Skinner box in US English:

Skinner box

nounˈskinər ˌbäks

Psychology

An apparatus for studying instrumental conditioning in animals (typically rats or pigeons) in which the animal is isolated and provided with a lever or switch which it learns to use to obtain a reward, such as a food pellet, or to avoid a punishment, such as an electric shock.
〔心理〕斯金纳箱（一种研究动物操作性条件反射的仪器）
Example sentencesExamples
- The studies described as operant were conducted in Skinner boxes using positive reinforcement and a free operant procedure.
- The students have a joke about the rats in the Skinner box.
- The novel becomes a sort of Skinner box, the characters within prodded and cajoled by jolts of the otherworldly.
- The ‘projects’ turned out to be a dreadful welfare-state variant of the Skinner box.
- An animal behaviorist I knew used to demonstrate this in laboratory rats that were previously shaped to the Skinner box procedures.

Origin

1940s: named after B. F. Skinner (see Skinner, B. F).

词汇	Skinner box
释义	Definition of Skinner box in English: Skinner box noun Psychology An apparatus for studying instrumental conditioning in animals (typically rats or pigeons) in which the animal is isolated and provided with a lever or switch which it learns to use to obtain a reward, such as a food pellet, or to avoid a punishment, such as an electric shock. 〔心理〕斯金纳箱（一种研究动物操作性条件反射的仪器） Example sentencesExamples The studies described as operant were conducted in Skinner boxes using positive reinforcement and a free operant procedure. The students have a joke about the rats in the Skinner box. An animal behaviorist I knew used to demonstrate this in laboratory rats that were previously shaped to the Skinner box procedures. The ‘projects’ turned out to be a dreadful welfare-state variant of the Skinner box. The novel becomes a sort of Skinner box, the characters within prodded and cajoled by jolts of the otherworldly. Origin 1940s: named after B. F. Skinner (see Skinner, B. F). Definition of Skinner box in US English: Skinner box nounˈskinər ˌbäks Psychology An apparatus for studying instrumental conditioning in animals (typically rats or pigeons) in which the animal is isolated and provided with a lever or switch which it learns to use to obtain a reward, such as a food pellet, or to avoid a punishment, such as an electric shock. 〔心理〕斯金纳箱（一种研究动物操作性条件反射的仪器） Example sentencesExamples The studies described as operant were conducted in Skinner boxes using positive reinforcement and a free operant procedure. The students have a joke about the rats in the Skinner box. The novel becomes a sort of Skinner box, the characters within prodded and cajoled by jolts of the otherworldly. The ‘projects’ turned out to be a dreadful welfare-state variant of the Skinner box. An animal behaviorist I knew used to demonstrate this in laboratory rats that were previously shaped to the Skinner box procedures. Origin 1940s: named after B. F. Skinner (see Skinner, B. F).
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