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单词 skinner box
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Skinner box


noun Psychology.

a box used in experiments in animal learning, especially in operant conditioning, equipped with a mechanism that automatically gives the animal food or other reward or permits escape, as by opening a door.

Origin of Skinner box

First recorded in 1940–45; named after B. F. Skinner

Words nearby Skinner box

skinking, skinless, skinned, skinner, Skinner, B. F., Skinner box, Skinnerian, skinnery, skinny, skinny-dip, skin off one's nose
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British Dictionary definitions for Skinner box

Skinner box

noun

a device for studying the learning behaviour of animals, esp rats and pigeons, consisting of a box in which the animal can move a lever to obtain a reward, such as a food pellet, or a punishment, such as an electric shock

Word Origin for Skinner box

C20: named after B. F. Skinner
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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