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Opening Skinner's Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century
Opening Skinner's Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century | Lauren Slater
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Through ten examples of ingenious experiments by some of psychology's most innovative thinkers, Lauren Slater traces the evolution of the century's most pressing concernsfree will, authoritarianism, conformity, and morality. 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.
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“If pigeons can play ping-pong, then perhaps humans could learn still more amazing feats.”

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For class📚.

readordierachel This sounds fascinating! 5y
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ThePallaviMohan
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Tea and candles.

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Thedrunkstrawberry
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God bless bookbub. This book is AMAZING. and two dollars!! Slater is one of my favorite authors and this book is a great read.

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