List of psychological experiments
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| * [[Harry Harlow]]'s experiments with baby monkeys and wire and cloth surrogate mothers (1957–1974) | * [[Harry Harlow]]'s experiments with baby monkeys and wire and cloth surrogate mothers (1957–1974) | ||
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| * [[Stanley Milgram]]'s [[Milgram experiment|experiments on human obedience]] (1963) | * [[Stanley Milgram]]'s [[Milgram experiment|experiments on human obedience]] (1963) | ||
| * [[Philip Zimbardo]]'s [[Stanford prison experiment]] (1971) | * [[Philip Zimbardo]]'s [[Stanford prison experiment]] (1971) | ||
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- Ivan Pavlov's experiments with dogs and classical conditioning (1900s)
- John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner conduct the Little Albert experiment showing evidence of classical conditioning (1920)
- Bouba/kiki effect (1929)
- Solomon Asch's conformity experiments shows how group pressure can persuade an individual to conform to an obviously wrong opinion (1951)
- B.F. Skinner's demonstrations of operant conditioning (1930s - 1960s)
- Olds & Milner's rats
- Harry Harlow's experiments with baby monkeys and wire and cloth surrogate mothers (1957–1974)
- Bobo doll experiment
- Stanley Milgram's experiments on human obedience (1963)
- Philip Zimbardo's Stanford prison experiment (1971)
- Stanford marshmallow experiment (1972)
- Allan and Beatrice Gardner' attempts to teach American Sign Language to the chimpanzee Washoe (1970s)
- Martin Seligman studies learned helplessness in dogs (1970s)
- Rosenhan experiment (1972). It involved the use of healthy associates or "pseudopatients," who briefly simulated auditory hallucinations in an attempt to gain admission to 12 different psychiatric hospitals. The hospital staff failed to detect a single pseudopatient. The study is considered an important and influential criticism of psychiatric diagnosis.
- Kansas City preventive patrol experiment (1972–1973) It was designed to test the assumption that the presence (or potential presence) of police officers in marked cars reduced the likelihood of a crime being committed. No relationship was found.
- Elizabeth Loftus' and John C. Palmer's car crash experiment shows that leading questions can produce false memories (1974)
- Benjamin Libet's experiment on free will shows that a readiness potential appears before the notion of doing the task enters conscious experience, sparking debate about the illusory nature of free will yet again. (1983)
- Vilayanur S. Ramachandran's experiment on phantom limbs with the Mirror Box throw light on the nature of 'learned paralysis' (1998)
See also
- Case study in psychology
- List of psychological effects
- Experimental psychology
- Human subject research
- Opening Skinner's Box: Great Psychology Experimental of the Twentieth Century
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