The operant conditioning chamber is also known as what?

• A. Skinner box
• B. Shaping chamber
• C. Cognitive chamber
• D. Pavlovian chamber

Answer: (A)

Recognizing the device used to study operant conditioning—the Skinner box. It’s named after B.F. Skinner, who designed this chamber to examine how consequences shape voluntary behavior. Inside the box there’s a lever or key the animal can press, an automatic dispenser to deliver a reinforcer like food, and sensors to record responses. By measuring how response frequency changes with different reinforcements, researchers explore reinforcement schedules, extinction, and punishment.

Other terms don’t fit as well. A shaping chamber would imply a focus on a specific method rather than the device’s identity. A cognitive chamber would pertain to studies of mental processes rather than observable behavior. A Pavlovian chamber would be aligned with classical conditioning experiments, not operant conditioning.