Opening Skinner's Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century (Revised)
Lauren Slater
(Author)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
Beginning with B. F. Skinner and the legend of a child raised in a box, Slater takes us from a deep empathy with Stanley Milgram's obedience subjects to a funny and disturbing re-creation of an experiment questioning the validity of psychiatric diagnosis. Previously described only in academic journals and textbooks, these often daring experiments have never before been narrated as stories, chock-full of plot, wit, personality, and theme.
Product Details
Price
$16.95
$15.76
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date
February 17, 2005
Pages
288
Dimensions
5.4 X 0.8 X 8.1 inches | 0.5 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780393326550
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About the Author
Lauren Slater is a psychologist and writer. She is the author of Opening Skinner's Box and Blue Beyond Blue, among other books. She lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.
Reviews
Slater creates for the reader a sense of intimacy with scientists and their subjects.--Erik Strand
Worth reading for the provocative questions it asks and for the way it lingers over the fragile, human side of psychology.--Joy Press
I've been riveted by her witty explorations of everything from lying to Prozac.--David Sedaris
Astonishing stories full of quirky personalities, told with wit and warmth.
It is precisely [Slater's] intimate confessional approach that is able to reveal the poetry latent in the sterile laboratory...A powerful and even inspiring meditation on the strengths and weaknesses hidden in our nature.--Eric Wargo
Worth reading for the provocative questions it asks and for the way it lingers over the fragile, human side of psychology.--Joy Press
I've been riveted by her witty explorations of everything from lying to Prozac.--David Sedaris
Astonishing stories full of quirky personalities, told with wit and warmth.
It is precisely [Slater's] intimate confessional approach that is able to reveal the poetry latent in the sterile laboratory...A powerful and even inspiring meditation on the strengths and weaknesses hidden in our nature.--Eric Wargo
