Chapter Summary Of Opening Skinner's Box By Lauren Slater

Opening Skinner’s Box In chapter one, of Opening Skinner’s Box, the author Lauren Slater contradicts herself. Although she, Lauren Slater, does not say so directly she apparently assumes that skinner’s experiments were meant to create humanity into robots. “Skinner claimed that the mind, or what was then called mentalism, was irrelevant.”(0-1), this means he found the human mind to be insignificant of any usage. In Lauren Slater research she believed that Skinner wanted to have humanity as robots. Skinner wanted to create a large group of humanity whom were organized for the purpose of doing kind and generous things for others. His experiments were to help others and not to destroy as has been said. I believe his experiments where only misunderstood. Many people assume that Skinner’s experiments were to take over the world. When in reality Skinner was misinterpreted and was trying to help others to a different extent. In discussions of his baby box, one controversial issue has been that he kept his daughter Deborah for two full years in order …show more content…
Although Bryan Porter does not say so directly, he apparently assumes that Skinner’s techniques of rewarding instead of punishing it is very successful in patients whom are schizophrenic: a brain disorder in which affects how a person thinks, feels and acts. These techniques are still being used today in many mental facilities across the world. This helps understand that many have taught of Skinner as a brilliant scientist and are still following in their footsteps. If these psychologist are putting Skinner’s techniques to work why these people aren’t getting better. Many spend the rest of their lives in a mental home and many are mistreated, what is the reward? Chapter one states that Bryan Porter has done these techniques but does not specify the reward that is given to these