Top Experiments

Question 1

Milgram experiment

Answer 1

Stanley Milgram

Study found that a big majority of the participants were willing to obey an authority figure even when they were being instructed to do something that they believed was morally wrong

Question 2

Little Albert experiment

Answer 2

John B Watson

Demonstrated the generalization of learning experiences in children. This study was among the first studies that showed that fear responses could be learned and generalized to similar objects

Question 3

Stanford prison experiment

Answer 3

Philip Zimbardo

A controversial experiment which investigated the psychological effects of being a prisoner or prison guard

Question 4

Bobo doll experiment

Answer 4

Albert Bandura

Developed social learning theory which proposes that behaviors are learned socially by observing and imitating others. And the Bobo doll study Pandora wanted to see if observation of aggressive behavior with lead to imitation by children

Question 5

Asch conformity study

Answer 5

Solomon Asch

Investigate the extent to which societal pressure from a majority group could affect a person to conform

Question 6

Pavlov dog experiment

Answer 6

Ivan Pavlov

He condition dogs to salivate in response to the sound of a bell. He did this by ringing a bell as he presented food, at which the dogs would respond by salivating. After several trials of the bell and food presented together, Pavlov rang the bell along without presenting food and the dogs gave the usual salivary response

Question 7

Surrogate mother experiment

Answer 7

Harry Harlow

And his surrogate mother experiment, Harlow demonstrated the importance of contact comfort. Baby rhesus monkeys were separated from their mothers and given to surrogate mothers, one made out of wire and another made out of terry cloth. He found that the baby monkeys preferred to cling to the terry cloth surrogate even when food was provided by the wire surrogate.

Question 8

Skinner box

Answer 8

BF Skinner

Studied how behavior can be reinforced to be repeated or weekend to be extinguished. He designed the skinner box where in animal, often a rodent, would be given a food pallet or an electric shock. Further, he studied weather continuous, fixed ratio, fixed interval, variable ratio in variable interval reinforcement lead to faster response are learning.

Question 9

Misinformation effect

Answer 9

Elizabeth Loftus

Participants were shown video footage of a traffic accident. After watching the clip, the participants were asked a number of questions. One of the questions asked was how fast were the cars going when they hit each other. Participants were instead asked how fast the cars were going when they smashed into each other. Studies reveal how people can recall wrong information about an event witness if given a suggestion that leads them to do so.