Two Skinner Boxes Are Side by Side

question 92

True/False

Two Skinner boxes are side by side. The rat in the first Skinner box gets a food pellet every time it presses the bar.The rat in the second Skinner box gets a food pellet every ten times it presses the bar. If the food-dispensing mechanism is shut off, the rat in the first Skinner box will quit pressing thebar sooner than the rat in the second Skinner box does.

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Definitions:

Conditioning Trial

An experimental setup in classical conditioning where a neutral stimulus is paired with an unconditioned stimulus until the neutral stimulus alone elicits a conditioned response.

Voluntary Action

An activity or action undertaken by an individual out of free will, without external compulsion or coercion.

Stimulus Generalization

A psychological phenomenon in which a response to a specific stimulus becomes associated with similar stimuli, causing the same response.

Stimulus Discrimination

Stimulus Discrimination is the learned ability to differentiate among similar stimuli and respond only to the actual stimulus linked to a positive or negative reinforcement.