Experiments
The Puzzle Box Experiment (Law of Effect) – Edward Thorndike
A comprehensive academic analysis of Edward Thorndike's seminal puzzle box experiments, connectionist learning theory, and...
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Experiments
The Conditioned Inhibition Experiment – Ivan Pavlov
A comprehensive academic analysis of Ivan Pavlov's conditioned inhibition experiments, exploring neural mechanisms, experimental methodology,...
Theories
Wundt Curve of Hedonic Value and Exploratory Behavior – Wilhelm Wundt & Daniel Berlyne
A comprehensive analysis of the Wundt Curve, Daniel Berlyne's psychobiology of curiosity, collative variables, and...
Experiments
The Sham Rage Experiment – Walter Cannon and Philip Bard
A detailed academic examination of the Cannon-Bard sham rage experiment, uncovering the subcortical substrates of...
Experiments
The Pleasure Center Discovery Experiment (Intracranial Self-Stimulation) – James Olds and Peter Milner
An exhaustive academic exploration of Olds and Milner's 1954 intracranial self-stimulation experiment, discovering neural reward...
Experiments
The Split-Brain Experiments (Human Hemispheric Specialization) – Roger Sperry and Michael Gazzaniga
A comprehensive academic analysis of Sperry and Gazzaniga's split-brain experiments, detailing hemispheric lateralization, consciousness, and...
Experiments
The Kitten Carousel Experiment (Active Movement and Vision) – Richard Held and Alan Hein
A comprehensive academic analysis of Held and Hein's 1963 Kitten Carousel experiment, examining active movement,...
Theories
Hierarchical Semantic Network Model – Allan M. Collins & M. Ross Quillian
A comprehensive analysis of Collins and Quillian's 1969 Hierarchical Semantic Network Model, examining cognitive economy,...
Experiments
The Genetic Studies of Genius (Terman’s Termites) – Lewis Terman
A comprehensive academic analysis of Lewis Terman's Genetic Studies of Genius, tracking the methodology, findings,...
Theories
Cognitive Map Hippocampal Theory – John O’Keefe & Lynn Nadel
A comprehensive analysis of John O'Keefe and Lynn Nadel's cognitive map theory of the hippocampus,...
Theories
Zeigarnik Effect (Memory for Uncompleted Tasks) – Bluma Zeigarnik
A comprehensive academic analysis of the Zeigarnik Effect, examining Bluma Zeigarnik's seminal 1927 study on...
Theories
Würzburg School Imageless Thought Model – Oswald Külpe & Karl Marbe
An academic examination of the Würzburg School, detailing Oswald Külpe and Karl Marbe's experimental model...