Classic psychology experiments and studies such as Milgram, Pavlov, and Harlow, with researcher, method, and finding.
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- Pavlov's experiment demonstrated what type of learning?
- Classical conditioning
- In Pavlov's experiment, what was the unconditioned stimulus?
- Food
- In Pavlov's experiment, what was the conditioned stimulus?
- Bell
- What response did Pavlov's dogs develop to the bell alone?
- Salivation
- B.F. Skinner investigated what type of conditioning?
- Operant conditioning
- What did Skinner use to demonstrate operant conditioning?
- A box (Skinner box) with levers and rewards for shaping animal behavior
- Albert Bandura's Bobo doll experiment tested what concept?
- Social learning through observational learning and modeling
- What was the key finding of Bandura's Bobo doll experiment?
- Children who observed an adult acting aggressively toward a doll were more likely to imitate that aggression
- What did Solomon Asch's conformity study investigate?
- Whether people would conform to group pressure even with obviously wrong answers
- Roughly what percentage of Asch's participants conformed to wrong group answers?
- Approximately 75 percent (on at least one critical trial)
- What did Stanley Milgram's obedience experiment test?
- Whether ordinary people would obey authority figures even when ordered to administer electric shocks
- What percentage of Milgram's participants delivered maximum shock when ordered by an authority figure?
- Approximately 65 percent
- What major ethical concerns did Milgram's experiment raise?
- Severe psychological stress and deception about the study's purpose, leading to new research ethics guidelines
- What did Philip Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment demonstrate?
- How roles and situations shape behavior, with students assigned as guards or prisoners rapidly adopting their roles
- Why was Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment criticized for ethical violations?
- Participants experienced severe psychological harm and were not fully informed about risks, leading to prisoner abuse