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Does B. F. Skinner Place A Rat Into A Box?

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B.F Skinner placed a rat into a box. At first, the rat didn't do anything in the box because it was a new environment for the rat. After a while, it began to explore the box. While exploring, the rat discovered a lever that dispensed food (Skinner’s theory on Operant Conditioning, 2017, November 17). This process was repeated several times with the same results. Skinner’s experiment clarified negative reinforcement (McLeod, S. 1970, January 01). Skinner set another rat in a crate in the same way. This time he subjected the chamber to an unpleasant electrical current. The rat began to frantically move around the crate and press the lever. The lever instantly triggered the stream of unpleasant shock currents. After a couple of times, the rat
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