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| '''Lauren Slater''' (born ] ]) is |
'''Lauren Slater''' (born ], ]) is an American ] and writer. She is the author of six books, including ''Welcome To My Country'', ''Lying'', ''Prozac Diary'', and ''Opening Skinner's Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century'', which has been the subject of both praise and criticism, and which was nominated for a ''Los Angeles Times'' ''Kirsch'' award for science and technology writing. <!--can't find a source for the following: and won the Bild der Wissenschaft award in Germany for the most ground-breaking science book of the year.--> Slater's work was included in The Best American Essays of 1994 and 1997, and she was the winner of the 1993 New Letters Literary Award in creative non-fiction, and the 1994 Missouri Review Award. She has contributed to ''The New York Times'', ''Harper's'', and ''Elle''magazine. | ||
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| ==Education== | |||
| Slater has a master's degree in psychology from ] and a doctorate from ]. | |||
| ==Criticism== | |||
| Criticism of Slater focuses on her research methods, as well as the extent to which some of the experiences she describes may have been partly fictionalized. <!--In particular the care she allegedly experienced in emergency rooms when she claimed to be having auditory hallucinations similar to those faked by subjects in David Rosenhan's "]"--><!--needs a good source and then must be written so that it says exactly what the source does, without elaboration--> | |||
| <!--Some of the researchers quoted in ''Opening Skinner's Box'', such as Jerome Kagan, ], and ] say they were misquoted or that the conversation was entirely made up. Slater repeated stories about ] daughter, Deborah. Deborah Skinner is alive and well and has written that she was upset by repetition of stories that her father had sometimes placed her inside a box as a child. | |||
| Deborah Skinner, daughter of the psychologist ], told ''The Guardian'': | |||
| <blockquote>Slater's sensationalist book rehashes some of the old stuff, but offers some rumours that are entirely new to me. For my first two years, she reports, my father kept me in a cramped square cage that was equipped with bells and food trays, and arranged for experiments that delivered rewards and punishments. Then there's the story that after my father "let me out", I became psychotic. Well, I didn't. That I sued him in a court of law is also untrue. And, contrary to hearsay, I didn't shoot myself in a bowling alley in Billings, Montana. I have never even been to Billings, Montana.</blockquote> | <blockquote>Slater's sensationalist book rehashes some of the old stuff, but offers some rumours that are entirely new to me. For my first two years, she reports, my father kept me in a cramped square cage that was equipped with bells and food trays, and arranged for experiments that delivered rewards and punishments. Then there's the story that after my father "let me out", I became psychotic. Well, I didn't. That I sued him in a court of law is also untrue. And, contrary to hearsay, I didn't shoot myself in a bowling alley in Billings, Montana. I have never even been to Billings, Montana. </blockquote> | ||
| ⚫ | <!--The critics also have problems with their claims. For example Jerome Kagan apparently was sent a section of the book dealing with his interview and he approved it. He said upon being confronted with this that he misread the fact checking e-mail. Though Lauren Slater did imply that Deborah Skinner was damaged by her father she did also say that she thought the rummors to be a myth and Deborah seems to be relying upon second hand reports of what was in the book.--> | ||
| Slater did interview Deborah's older sister, Julie Vargas, and according to her never asked to be put in contact with Deborah. | |||
| ⚫ | The critics also have problems with their claims. For example Jerome Kagan apparently was sent a section of the book dealing with his interview and he approved it. He said upon being confronted with this that he misread the fact checking e-mail. Though Lauren Slater did imply that Deborah Skinner was damaged by her father she did also say that she thought the rummors to be a myth and Deborah seems to be relying upon second hand reports of what was in the book. | ||
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Revision as of 07:01, 6 April 2006
Lauren Slater (born March 21, 1963) is an American psychologist and writer. She is the author of six books, including Welcome To My Country, Lying, Prozac Diary, and Opening Skinner's Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century, which has been the subject of both praise and criticism, and which was nominated for a Los Angeles Times Kirsch award for science and technology writing. Slater's work was included in The Best American Essays of 1994 and 1997, and she was the winner of the 1993 New Letters Literary Award in creative non-fiction, and the 1994 Missouri Review Award. She has contributed to The New York Times, Harper's, and Ellemagazine.
Education
Slater has a master's degree in psychology from Harvard University and a doctorate from Boston University.
Criticism
Criticism of Slater focuses on her research methods, as well as the extent to which some of the experiences she describes may have been partly fictionalized.
See also
Further reading
- The Slater Affair by Michael B. Miller, Ph.D.
- Urban Ledends Reference Pages: Science (One Manand a Baby Box)
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