Experiments
The Approach-Avoidance Conflict Experiments – Kurt Lewin and Neal E. Miller
A comprehensive academic analysis of the foundational approach-avoidance conflict experiments formulated by Kurt Lewin and...
History of Psychology
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Experiments
The Zeigarnik Effect Experiment (Uncompleted Tasks) – Bluma Zeigarnik
A comprehensive academic analysis of Bluma Zeigarnik's seminal 1927 experiment on the cognitive persistence and...
Experiments
The Drive Reduction Theory Experiments (Maze Running) – Clark Hull
A comprehensive academic analysis of Clark Hull's drive reduction theory, detailing maze running experiments, mathematical...
Experiments
The Learned Helplessness Experiment (Dogs and Shock) – Martin Seligman and Steven Maier
A definitive academic analysis of Seligman and Maier's 1967 learned helplessness experiments, detailing methodology, findings,...
Theories
Folk Psychology – Wilhelm Wundt
A comprehensive academic analysis of Wilhelm Wundt's Völkerpsychologie, examining collective mental products, language, myth, custom,...
Experiments
The Fear Conditioning Experiment (Little Albert) – John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner
A comprehensive academic analysis of the 1920 Little Albert experiment on fear conditioning conducted by...
Experiments
The Autokinetic Effect Experiment (Conformity) – Muzafer Sherif
A comprehensive academic analysis of Muzafer Sherif's 1935 autokinetic effect experiment, exploring informational conformity, norm...
Experiments
The Appraisal Theory of Emotion Experiments (Subincision Film) – Richard Lazarus
A comprehensive analysis of Richard Lazarus's cognitive appraisal theory and his seminal 1960s emotion experiments...
Experiments
The Valins Effect Experiment (False Heartbeat Feedback) – Stuart Valins
A comprehensive academic analysis of Stuart Valins' 1966 false heartbeat feedback experiment, exploring cognitive arousal...
Experiments
The Sham Rage Experiment – Walter Cannon and Philip Bard
A comprehensive academic analysis of Cannon and Bard's sham rage experiments, exploring subcortical neural mechanisms,...
Experiments
The Facial Feedback Hypothesis Experiment (Pen in Mouth) – Fritz Strack, Leonard Martin, and Sabine Stepper
A comprehensive academic analysis of the landmark 1988 Strack, Martin, and Stepper pen-in-mouth experiment, its...
Experiments
The Schachter-Singer Experiment (Two-Factor Theory of Emotion) – Stanley Schachter and Jerome Singer
A comprehensive academic analysis of the 1962 Schachter-Singer experiment, detailing the Two-Factor Theory of Emotion,...