Opening Skinner's Box
Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century
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2005
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Verlag)
978-0-7475-6860-5 (ISBN)
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Verlag)
978-0-7475-6860-5 (ISBN)
A brilliant account of the twentieth century's key psychological experiments, by the author of Prozac Diary
A century can be understood in many ways - in terms of its inventions, its crimes or its art. In Opening Skinner's Box, Lauren Slater sets out to investigate the twentieth century through a series of ten fascinating, witty and sometimes shocking accounts of its key psychological experiments. Starting with the founder of modern scientific experimentation, B.F. Skinner, Slater traces the evolution of the last hundred years' most pressing concerns - free will, authoritarianism, violence, conformity and morality. Previously buried in academic textbooks, these often daring experiments are now seen in their full context and told as stories, rich in plot, wit and character.
A century can be understood in many ways - in terms of its inventions, its crimes or its art. In Opening Skinner's Box, Lauren Slater sets out to investigate the twentieth century through a series of ten fascinating, witty and sometimes shocking accounts of its key psychological experiments. Starting with the founder of modern scientific experimentation, B.F. Skinner, Slater traces the evolution of the last hundred years' most pressing concerns - free will, authoritarianism, violence, conformity and morality. Previously buried in academic textbooks, these often daring experiments are now seen in their full context and told as stories, rich in plot, wit and character.
Lauren Slater is the author of Welcome to My Country, Prozac Diary and Love Works Like This, and has written articles and contributed pieces to the New York Times, Harper's, Elle and Nerve. Her essays are widely anthologized and she is a frequent guest on US radio shows, including 'The People's Pharmacy' on NPR.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 21.2.2005 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Einbandart | Paperback |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7475-6860-X / 074756860X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7475-6860-5 / 9780747568605 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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