Opening Skinner's Box

This is an interesting look at 10 (I think it was 10) landmark psychological studies. Some of them are well known: the birth of the lobotomy, some of them were wholly unknown to me: the Harlow monkey experiment, the Lost in the Mall experiment. From a purely informative standpoint, I liked the book okay. The author definitely had a narrative bias, one she didn't shy away from. I felt this the most in the chapter about opioid use, which felt extremely dated (pub date 2005). I struggle to imagine a book being written today being so shockingly cavalier about the recreational use of opioids.

If you're interested in psychology and want short chapter discussions on some well known psychological experiments, maybe give it a look see.