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Controller module for operant conditioning experiments
Date: 1962-1965
Inventory Number: WJ1014
Classification: Control Box
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Maker: Grason-Stadler Company (founded 1949)
User: B. F. Skinner (1904 - 1990)
User: Department of Psychology, Harvard University (founded 1934)
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Dimensions:
17.8 × 5.1 × 7.6 cm (7 × 2 × 3 in.)
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Description:
Black panel with switches and contacts for snap leads, currently mounted in instrument rack (WJ1011).
Signedprinted on front: [Grason-Stadler logo] / G S C
Inscribedmodel no. on front panel: E783GA
FunctionThe controller turned pieces of equipment on and off electrically. It was triggered by a signal from the programming equipment.
Historical AttributesOne of many typical modular programming devices used in the early 1960s in B. F. Skinner's laboratory in the basement of Memorial Hall at Harvard University as part of his experiments on operant conditioning and behavioral psychology.
ProvenanceB. F. Skinner's laboratory, Memorial Hall, Department of Psychology, Harvard University.