Skinner Box (Skinner 1948)

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aim

to analyse how behaviour is changed by its consequences

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method

  1. made box

    a) measures learning thru how often animal behaviour

    b) highly controlled environ

  2. tested pigeons/rats

  3. situations

    a) operant response (uses environ to respond)

    b) reinforcer (eg food thru tube)

  4. Superstition in the Pigeon” = food shown randomly but behaviour @ time associated

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key findings

  • how reinforcers/punishers affect behaviour; likelihood;re^

  • rate of reinforcement (how often food shown) important

  • behaviours can be conditioned w/o cause n effect

  • pigeons “superstitious” like humans

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contribution

  • widespread application (advert, consumer)

  • repeatable

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limitations

  1. harm/stress/hunger/shocks

  2. animals cant understand actions

  3. cant generalise

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SI

  • random

  • quant; how often behaviour happens

  • experimental research design