Opening skinner´s box: great psychological experiments of the twentieth century /
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 concerns-free will, authoritarianism, conformity, and morality.Beginning with B. F. Skinner and the legend of a child raised in...
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| Formato: | Livro |
| Idioma: | Spanish English |
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New York:
W. W. Norton y Company,
2005.
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| Edição: | Primera edición |
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| Resumo: | 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 concerns-free 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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| Descrição Física: | x, 274 páginas: 21 cm |
| Bibliografia: | incl. ref. |
| ISBN: | 0-393-32655-1 |