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Lauren Slater used Opening Skinner’s Box to demonstrate B. F. Skinner’s biography, and unorthodox experiments as a psychologist. Slater acts like detective psychologist who is confused about the “real” Skinner. She wants to know who exactly he was, and what are the real facts and myths about Skinner’s life, personality, methods, and interactions with people and family members. I guess, it’s a research journey for Slater to find out every truth about the male colleague called Skinner. She is nosy…

Taking an introspective look into the criminal mind, justice system, and the treatment of those entangled in its web is a daunting task, but in the three articles “A Death in the Box” by Mary Pfeiffer, “Supremacy Crimes” by Gloria Steinem, and “Masked Racism: Reflections on the Prison Industrial Complex” by Angela Davis, the reality is exposed and reveals a flawed system designed and utilized by the wealthy upper class to punish and theoretically enslave the mentally ill and minority groups. In…

A Rhetorical Analysis on Pete Hamill’s “Crack and the Box” For numerous years, the use of drugs has been reprimanded by many and those who do use drugs have been outcast by society. It is also interesting that with the rising use of technology, those who use technology in excess tend to also be outcast by others. Rarely is there a connection made between both drugs and television. In Pete Hamill’s “Crack and the Box”, he draws many similarities between those who use drugs and children who have…

was the common food that all of these children ate? A hamburger at a Jack in the Box restaurant. Children started getting rushed to the hospital with severe bloody diarrhea and was diagnosed with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS). HUS is associated with raw and undercooked ground beef or even…

If a man in an officers uniform tells you to do something, you are more likely to act then if a man in tattered old robes and reeks of trash tells you to do the same task. You wouldn’t even think twice. Lauren Slater, in her book “Opening Skinner’s Box,” explains the experiment done by Stanley Milgram. He had attempted to weed out obedience from the people in his experiments. His findings, although not equation-worthy, changed how people looked at social psychology. Some say the acts done in…

What’s Left In The Box Zeus, the most powerful of all gods, created a woman from clay called Pandora and later gave Pandora the gift of a box with the condition that she must never open the box. Yet, when Pandora could no longer stand it, she took the key, and opened the box. Out poured disease, poverty, misery, death, and sadness - all shaped like tiny moths, which stung Pandora repeatedly and she slammed the lid shut, leaving hope in the box, which later fluttered from the box like a…

Classical and Greek Mythology Allusions Pandora’s Box Who? Zeus, Pandora, Prometheus, Epimetheus, Hephaistos What? Zeus was mad at Prometheus and because people tricked him. Zeus eventually got back at the people by telling Hephaistos to make a beautiful woman whom he names Pandora. Zeus sent Pandora to earth. Zeus thought Epimetheus should marry Pandora. Zeus sent Pandora with a small box with a lock on it. She couldn’t open the box because Epimetheus had the key. Pandora really wanted to…

Teaching Outside the Box by LouAnne Johnson provides a plethora of tips and ideas on how to succeed in teaching through the rough patches. She goes through everything from how the teacher should look to disorders that may affect students. Out of the twelve chapters, chapters six and eight stuck out the most to me. Due to the reality of discipline being a necessity in the classroom, and how the light can impact the students’ ability to learn effectively. Chapter six, Discipline Is Not a Dirty…

Opening skinner box essay There are so many experiments in the world, but I will be focusing on one, Opening Skinner’s Box chapter #3. In this chapter eight volunteers agreed to an experiment to see what psychiatric wards are like on the inside. The view from the inside doesn’t always come out to what we think or expect it will be. It is discouraging on how people are treating in a psychiatric ward, but is there any hope for man kind? A psychiatric Dr. decides he wants to know if a mentally…

1) Malayan Box Turtle (Cuora amboinensis kamaroma) Description Origins: Mainland Indochina (South and Central Vietnam, southern Laos & Cambodia), Thailand (Phang Nga Province etc.), Singapore and mainland Malaysia. Size: 5 to 12 inches long (depending on the subspecies) Lifespan: Typically an average of 50 years but reportedly up to 150 years Malayan Box Turtles are responsive and active pets. Pet owners will find it appealing as this species prefers staying in the water instead of basking and…