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Opening Skinner's Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century (Paperback)

by Lauren Slater (Author)
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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (21 Feb 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 074756860X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0747568605
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,849 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Remarkably stimulating Opening Skinner's Box is an endless delight' Mail on Sunday 'Makes for fascinating reading, helped along by Slater's charm and resourcefulness' Sunday Telegraph 'The experiments Slater describes are fascinating in their own right, but made more so by the rich social and personal context in which Slater places them' Daily Mail 'An unusual and compelling personal journey combining the emotional and the scientific a warm narrative flow achieved through a mixture of research, intuition, anecdote, reconstruction and engagingly haphazard interviews' Time Out

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5.0 out of 5 stars A memorable read , 2 Jul 2007
By Ms. V. J. Cooper "Ness" (Uk) - See all my reviews
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I really enjoyed reading this book. It covers 10 psychology studies (including: goon park, skinners box, being sane in insane places, rat park) written in a way that I haven't seen often. Psychology textbooks can often focus too much on statistics and criticisms; even though Slater makes these clear she helps us form a relationship with the psychologist who conducted these studies. She also includes her experiences through recreating some of the studies and by including her personal/ professional relationships with the people in this book.
I would recommend this book for anyone who is learning about psychology (especially A level students) or interested, due to it being a very light and enjoyable read that still gets your brain thinking.
If you found this book enjoyable and wish to learn more about psychology studies I recommend this book: Forty Studies That Changed Psychology by Roger R. Hock. The writer has similar enthusiasm in his style to that of Slater.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A delightful read!!!!, 5 Jun 2007
As soon as i picked this book up i couldnt put it down. From studing psychology at A level i had an interest in the subject and Its been lovely to be able to found out about experiments which i studied in a much more readable format.
Her comments on the addiction and obedience studies are particularly interesting.
I definatly recommend this to people with either and general interest in the subject or to people that have already had an insight in the subject and want to know more about certain landmark experiments.

Overall, a very good and interesting read!!!
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1.0 out of 5 stars Great subject, awful execution, 19 Mar 2007
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I picked up this book at a friend's house. I thought it looked fascinating; a great idea for a book. Sadly I found Lauren Slater's writing style to be intolerable. Full of "I see him" " I imagine him", she has a folksy, chatty, speculative, style which, combined with a complete absence of insight, only served to grate. Not recommended.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good read, but rather annoying style!
On the whole, this is a very entertaining book, which summarises some of the most famous / influential / notorious psychological experiments of the 20th century... Read more
Published 2 months ago by JudeAtHome

5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful and beautifully narrated look at psychology's finest moments
Beautifully written book combining journalistic curiosity, psychological intelligence and a novelist's lyricism in telling the deeper stories behind some of the twentieth... Read more
Published 7 months ago by E. Potten

4.0 out of 5 stars Stimulating introduction to some remarkable experiments
Here are the 10 great ones according to Slater:

1) Skinner's work, much of it: with an appreciation of his decency. Read more
Published 21 months ago by calmly

5.0 out of 5 stars The best (non-fiction) book I've ever read
Look, I've read more books than you or anyone else you know. I've also written more than 30 myself. Read more
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