Monday, February 21, 2011

Book Reading #23 - Opening Skinner's Box

Chapter 6: Monkey Love
Summary
In chapter 6, Slater talks about the experiments conducted by Harry Harlow. These experiments were conducted in order to discover the nature of love and attachment in human beings (by observing primate interactions. However, some of them were morally wrong, produced failed results, and in some instances did not posses a clear objective.

Discussion
Slater presented her point of view regarding animal use for research purposes. I believe that there are limits to the kind of research that can be conducted on animals. Regarding Harlow, I thought it was sad that he conducted pointless experiments and used disturbing terms throughout his research

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