Week 1 Opening Skinner's Box by Taylor Murphy https://padlet.com/taylormurphy221/e4crdqfhj8t4 Made with a quick smile en-us 2016-11-18 15:12:18 UTC 2016-12-04 01:46:12 UTC hello@padlet.com Opening Skinner's Box taylormurphy221 https://padlet.com/taylormurphy221/e4crdqfhj8t4/wish/138724168 Lauren Slater]]> 2016-11-18 15:17:30 UTC https://padlet.com/taylormurphy221/e4crdqfhj8t4/wish/138724168 Week 1 taylormurphy221 https://padlet.com/taylormurphy221/e4crdqfhj8t4/wish/138724402 1 - 60]]> 2016-11-18 15:18:06 UTC https://padlet.com/taylormurphy221/e4crdqfhj8t4/wish/138724402 "I also, of course, read the classical psychological experiments.... and it seemed somewhat sad to me. It seemed to me that these insightful and dramatic stories were reduced to the flatness that characterizes most scientific reports, and had therefore utterly failed to capture what only real narrative can--theme, desire, plot, history--this is what we are" (2-3). taylormurphy221 https://padlet.com/taylormurphy221/e4crdqfhj8t4/wish/138724879 This quote from the introduction stood out to me the most because of its immediate connection to the author's purpose. Slater wants to emphasize the real human aspect of the scientists and also their own experiments. Throughout the first chapter, focusing on B F Skinner and the stigma that he was evil, Slater makes a point to show that he was in fact a loving father and incredibly humane, if socially awkward. It speaks to how far rumors can fly--it is still believed that his daughter Deborah was raised in a small black box for the first years of her life, and has died since, when really she is a healthy artist living in England and the box was a temperature-controlled playpen.]]> 2016-11-18 15:19:21 UTC https://padlet.com/taylormurphy221/e4crdqfhj8t4/wish/138724879 "He's got blue eyes, but they're not the ice blue of intelligence taylormurphy221 https://padlet.com/taylormurphy221/e4crdqfhj8t4/wish/138729284 This quote struck me because it echoed a passage in the last chapter where Slater had noted Skinner's sharp, smart blue eyes. It was also a pleasant reminder of H H Holmes. It reminds us how often we associate the genius yet controversial psychologists with the genius yet dangerous psychopaths. A discussion we had in psychology was whether the temporary stress or pain of experiments justify the end means--better understanding of human kind. I wonder how many blue-eyed geniuses have made the world question.]]> 2016-11-18 15:29:54 UTC https://padlet.com/taylormurphy221/e4crdqfhj8t4/wish/138729284 Efficacious (17) taylormurphy221 https://padlet.com/taylormurphy221/e4crdqfhj8t4/wish/138747114 adj. (typically of something inanimate or abstract) successful in producing a desired or intended result; effective
The surgeon was almost frighteningly efficacious in opening the wound in order to remove the bullet.]]> 2016-11-18 16:14:15 UTC https://padlet.com/taylormurphy221/e4crdqfhj8t4/wish/138747114