<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (September 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (September 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> An operant conditioning chamber (also known as the Skinner box) is a laboratory apparatus used to study animal behavior . The operant conditioning chamber was created by B.F. Skinner while he was a graduate student at Harvard University (studying for a master's degree in 1930 and a doctorate in 1931). It may have been inspired by Jerzy Konorski's studies . It is used to study both operant conditioning and classical conditioning . </P> <P> Skinner created the operant chamber as a variation of the puzzle box originally created by Edward Thorndike . </P>

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