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In the beginning of the chapter "Opening Skinner's Box," Lauren Slater acknowledges B.F. Skinner's remarkable ability to conduct experiements with animals, and had many great successes with them. However, Slater would remind us in her own opinion that he had used his baby daughter was an experiment too. Skinner's plan with his daughter was to "shape" her behavior, as he demanded from the rest of his experimentations. Furthermore, Slater continuously questions Skinner's motives for everything, from changing his career to examinating his daughter in a box. Slater eventually had decided to verify this by calling for Skinner's other daughter, Julie Vargas. Vargas, denied by any means Slater's claims about Skinner being cruel and insensitive. Vargas
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