Psychology experiments Psychology experiments The Asch conformity experiments were a series of studies that starkly demonstrated the power of conformity in groups. ...more on Wikipedia about "Asch conformity experiments"
The Bobo doll experiment was conducted by Albert Bandura in 1961 and 1963 to study aggressive patterns of behavior. One of the experiment's conclusions was that people can learn through vicarious reinforcement. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bobo doll experiment"
In psychology, choice blindness is a phenomenon in which subjects fail to detect conspicuous mismatches between their intended (and expected) choice and the actual outcome. ...more on Wikipedia about "Choice blindness"
The ganzfeld ("total field") experiment uses audio and visual sensory deprivation to test for extra-sensory perception (ESP). ...more on Wikipedia about "Ganzfeld experiment"
Learned helplessness is a well-established principle in psychology, a description of the effect of inescapable punishment (such as electrical shock) on animal (and by extension, human) behavior. The theory was developed by Martin Seligman through experiments going back to 1965. ...more on Wikipedia about "Learned helplessness"
The Little Albert experiment was an experiment showing empirical evidence of classical conditioning. It was conducted in 1920 by John B. Watson along with Rosalie Rayner, his assistant whom he later married. The study was done at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA ...more on Wikipedia about "Little Albert experiment"
The Milgram experiment (Obedience to Authority Study) was a famous scientific experiment of social psychology. The experiment was first described by Stanley Milgram, a psychologist at Yale University in an article titled Behavioral Study of Obedience published in the Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology in 1963, and later discussed at book length in his 1974 Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View. It was intended to measure the willingness of a participant to obey an authority who instructs the participant to do something that may conflict with the participant's personal conscience. ...more on Wikipedia about "Milgram experiment"
In game theory, the prisoner's dilemma is a type of non- zero-sum game in which two players try to get rewards from a banker by cooperating with or betraying the other player. In this game, as in many others, it is assumed that the primary concern of each individual player ("prisoner") is self-regarding; i.e., trying to maximise his own advantage, with less concern for the well-being of the other players. ...more on Wikipedia about "Prisoner's dilemma"
Rat Park was a 200-square-foot housing colony built for a group of white Wistar laboratory rats in 1981 by American psychologist Bruce K. Alexander at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rat Park"
The Stanford prison experiment was a landmark psychological study of the human response to captivity, in particular, to the real world circumstances of prison life. It was conducted in 1971 by a team of researchers led by Philip Zimbardo of Stanford University. Volunteers played the roles of guard and prisoner, and lived in a mock prison. However, the experiment quickly got out of hand, and was ended early. ...more on Wikipedia about "Stanford prison experiment"
The web experiment list , developed by Ulf-Dietrich Reips, is the largest list of current and past psychological Web experiments on the Internet. Participants contribute to real research in experimental psychology. In 2005, Reips and Lengler published an article on the web experiment list in the journal Behavior Research Methods. ...more on Wikipedia about "Web experiment list"
The Wisconsin Card Sort is a psychological test. ...more on Wikipedia about "Wisconsin card sort"
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