A Box Used in Operant Conditioning of Animals That Limits

question 82

Multiple Choice

A box used in operant conditioning of animals that limits the available responses and,thus,increases the likelihood that the desired response will occur is called a:

• A)trial box.
• B)Thorndike's chamber.
• C)classical conditioning chamber.
• D)Skinner box.

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Definitions:

Psychophysics

The branch of psychology that deals with the relationships between physical stimuli and the sensations and perceptions they produce.

Signal-detection Theory

A psychological theory that describes how individuals differentiate between informative signals and background noise in the environment.

Response Bias

A tendency for participants to respond to questions or tasks in a particular way that is not directly related to the content of the questions or tasks.

Sensory Capacity

The maximum amount of sensory information that an individual can process at any given time.