Opening Skinner's Box
Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century

This is a fascinating, monumentally flawed, book. Its central conceit? Slater, a psychologist, "revisits" ten of the most (in)famous historical experiments conducted in psychology, work which has played a key role in establishing the prevailing dogma about human behavior. Each experiment gets its ow......more

The raw material of this book deserves 5 stars. The ten experiments that Slater has selected tell stories of the human condition as effectively as any art. But the experience of reading the book is like being guided through the most fascinating museum by someone who laughs like hyena, bursts into te......more

The full title here is Opening Skinner's Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century. Author Lauren Slater reviews 10 famous experiments from the various niches of psychology and attempts to understand them and their participants in new ways. It's really not very good. And that's to......more

Uitasem cât de interesantă poate fi psihologia, dacă scoți romantismul din ea! ,,Apatia publică este o manifestare a agresivității." (Karl Menninger) ,,Cu cât aștepți mai mult, cu atât devii mai incapabil să acționezi." ,,cel mai bun mod prin care poți să înțelegi inima este s-o frângi." ,,Majoritatea v......more

Lipseste experimentul inchisorii din Stanford condus de Philip Zimbardo.......more