A Skinner Box, or Operant Chamber, Is a Complex Maze

question 98

True/False

A Skinner box, or operant chamber, is a complex maze that a rat must successfully negotiate to get to a food reward in the goal box at the end.

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Definitions:

Cause-Effect Relationships

The principle of causality that establishes the relationship between something that happens (the cause) and the thing that happens as a result (the effect).

Precausal Thinking

A type of logic in young children characterized by a lack of understanding of cause-and-effect relationships.

Egocentric Thinking

A cognitive perspective where an individual has difficulty understanding or acknowledging viewpoints other than their own.

Sensorimotor Stage

The first of Piaget's stages of cognitive development, where infants from birth to approximately two years old learn about the world through their senses and actions.