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Biological
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Psychoanalysis
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Structualism
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Functionalism
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Pavlov's Dogs
This experiment is an example of classical conditioning. Pavlov presented food to the dogs, followed by a ringing bell. Over time, the bell alone would cause the dogs to salivate. The conditioned stimulus is the ringing bell, which produces the conditioned response of the dogs producing saliva. -
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Behaviorism
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Little Albert
John B. Watson exposed Little Albert to small animals such as a rabbit, a rat, a dog, etc. and Albert showed no fear. They allowed Albert to play with a white lab rat, and he continued to show no fear, until Watson made a loud sound behind Albert. After several pairings of the rat and the sound, the rat alone would cause Albert stress. He had associated the rat and the noise, causing him to produce an emotional response. -
Skinner Box
The Skinner Box is a chamber that contains a bar that an animal can press in order to obtain food or water. Many animals are able to understand and manage the Skinner Box. These chambers have become common in a large variety of researches. -
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Evolutionary
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Humanisn
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Asch Conformity Experiments
A series of experiments by Colomon Asch to demonstrate the power of conformity in groups. Confederates provided incorrect answers to see if there was conformity. Nearly 75% of participants in the experimentswent along with the rest of the group at least one time, despite the incorrect answer. -
Harry Harlow & the Nature of Affection
Past theories believed that the mother child relationship was only to obtain food and avoid pain. Harlow's experiment was to test this theory. He gave young monkeys a choice between a terrycloth mother that provided no food and a wire mother that provided food. This experiment showed that the young monkeys spent most of their time with the cloth mother, rather than the wire one. Attachement and comfort is also a big part of the mother-child relationship, and this experiment proved so. -
Bobo Doll
Children between 2 1/2 and 6 were split into groups and exposed to either an aggressive or non-aggressive model. Each child was exposed to the scenario individually, and they were to see if each child was influenced by the adults example. -
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Socio-Cultural
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Milgram Obedience
This experiment was to test a humans obidence to see if they would follow directions as given, or continue to do as they're told, even if it harms someone else. By the time they had reached 450 volt shock, a surprising 65% of subjects would still continue the questioning process, even though many of them were uncomfortable doing it. Subjects were sweating, trembling, stuttering, and some having nervous laughing fits or seizures. -
Learned Helplessness
Dogs were placed in a pen where they could escape by jumping over it, however they would be shocked until they learned how to press a lever that would let them out. Many of the dogs had learned how to let themselves out of the pen, but many others showed a "helpless" response. -
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Cognition
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Monkey Drug Trials
This experiment consisted of a large group on monkeys that were trained to inject themselves with an assortment of drugs to see how one can become addicted to various drugs. After the monkeys were trained, they were left alone with a large amount of substances. The monkeys began to experience the side effects of the drugs. This experiment showed the major effects of drugs on the body and the brain. -
Stanford Prison Experiment
Philips Zimbardo and his colleaguesset out to crerate an experiment to study the impact of being a prisoner or a prison guard. They observed their behavior. Guards became abusive towards inmates, and prisoners showed signs of stress and anxiety.
