Skinner Box Definition

noun

A soundproof, light-resistant box or cage used in laboratories to isolate an animal for experiments in operant conditioning and usually containing only a bar or lever to be pressed by the animal to gain a reward, such as food, or to avoid a painful stimulus, such as a shock.

American Heritage Medicine

Origin of Skinner Box

From Burrhus Frederick Skinner (1904-1990), its inventor.

From Wiktionary
After Burrhus Frederick Skinner

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition