Concept:The Skinner box is an experimental chamber designed by B.F. Skinner to study how behaviour is modified by its consequences, known as operant conditioning.
Explanation:Skinner placed rats in a box with a lever. Pressing the lever delivered a food reward (positive reinforcement) or avoided an electric shock (negative reinforcement).
He observed that rats learned to press the lever more often when followed by a reward and less often when followed by punishment.
This process of learning through reinforcement and punishment is called operant conditioning.
Unlike classical conditioning, which pairs stimuli, operant conditioning focuses on the voluntary behaviour and its outcomes.
Thus, the Skinner box is specifically used to study operant conditioning.
Answer:B. operant conditioning