Experiments

Throughout history, psychology has carried out a great number of experiments which have changed science forever. In this section, you’ll find out more about the most well-known experiments, as well as the current experiments which offer some interesting results.

Why the Tuskegee Experiment Should Never be Forgotten

Experiments Why the Tuskegee Experiment Should Never be Forgotten The Tuskegee experiment in Macon Country, Alabama has been described as an egregious case of racism in science. Indeed, this...

Universe 25: An Experiment With Disturbing Results

Experiments Universe 25: An Experiment With Disturbing Results Although Universe 25 might sound like the title of a science fiction novel, it's actually the name of one of...

Stargate Project: An Investigation Into Psychic Phenomena

Experiments Stargate Project: An Investigation Into Psychic Phenomena The 70s were a boom time for psychics or individuals with exceptional mental abilities, related to supernatural capabilities. For instance,...

Telepathy Experiments in Silicon Valley

Experiments Telepathy Experiments in Silicon Valley The telepathy experiments they're conducting in Silicon Valley have nothing to do with parapsychology or the occult. In fact, in...

The Stanford Marshmallow Experiment: Researching Delayed Gratification

Experiments The Stanford Marshmallow Experiment: Researching Delayed Gratification Let's take a little trip back in time and go back to your childhood. Imagine that you're sitting in front...

The Global Consciousness Project and its Fascinating Findings

Experiments The Global Consciousness Project and its Fascinating Findings The Global Consciousness Project is an international initiative that originated at Princeton University (USA) in 1998. It aims to discover...

Rupert Sheldrake: Experiments and Scientific Criticism

Experiments Rupert Sheldrake: Experiments and Scientific Criticism Rupert Sheldrake's experiments have generated strong controversy. This is mainly because they haven't been replicated which prevents the truth or...

Edward Deci: The Link Between Rewards and Intrinsic Motivation

Experiments Edward Deci: The Link Between Rewards and Intrinsic Motivation Edward Deci conducted an experiment to study the link between rewards and intrinsic motivation (not linked to external reinforcement). In...

The Aronson and Mills Experiment: Effort Justification

Experiments The Aronson and Mills Experiment: Effort Justification The kinds of objectives that are the hardest for us to achieve, demand considerably more energy, and that we have...

The Tuskegee Experiment and the Foundations of Bioethics

Experiments The Tuskegee Experiment and the Foundations of Bioethics The Tuskegee Experiment is one of those true stories where there are villains who seem to be drawn from some...

How Do Validity and Reliability Differ?

Experiments How Do Validity and Reliability Differ?Validity and reliability are two key constructs in the analysis of the results produced by psychological studies. In fact, using...

The Ganzfeld Effect: A Fascinating Look Inside Your Mind

Experiments The Ganzfeld Effect: A Fascinating Look Inside Your Mind Your brain builds your own reality. It's also in charge of interpreting it. In fact, it receives electrical and chemical information...

Some Experiments Regarding Frustration

Experiments Some Experiments Regarding Frustration There are many studies and experiments on frustration. Scientists define this emotion as the reduction or suppression of stimuli that...

The Missing Child Experiment

Experiments The Missing Child Experiment The missing child experiment demonstrated the perception problems we all have, as well as our refusal to admit them. As a matter of fact, this experiment has been repeated hundreds of...

The Pit of Despair - Monkey Business

Experiments The Pit of Despair - Monkey Business The pit of despair was the climax of a unique experiment with monkeys. Harry Harlow conducted it in the 1950s....

The Loftus and Palmer Study on the Value of Speech

Experiments The Loftus and Palmer Study on the Value of Speech The Loftus and Palmer study is one of the most interesting experiments ever conducted in psychology. It was conducted in...

Gregg Braden: Experiments and the Power of Intention

Experiments Gregg Braden: Experiments and the Power of Intention Gregg Braden is a puzzling scholar because he creates ideas that don't coincide with traditional science. Several of his concepts...

The Harvard Experiment that Led to the Unabomber

Experiments The Harvard Experiment that Led to the Unabomber Although he participated in a Harvard experiment and is extremely smart, Ted Kaczynski is now serving time in a maximum-security...

Your Brain Deceives You: Persinger's Experiment

Experiments Your Brain Deceives You: Persinger's Experiment Persinger's experiment shows that your brain can deceive you. On more than one occasion, you probably trusted your senses and...

Transhumanism: Looking to Improve Human Capacities

Experiments Transhumanism: Looking to Improve Human Capacities Even though the transhumanist movement seems like a utopia, it's safe to say that it isn't. In case you didn't...

The Fascinating Washoe Project

Experiments The Fascinating Washoe Project The Washoe Project is both fascinating and moving. It involves a female chimpanzee named Washoe, considered the first non-human animal...

The "Branded in Memory" Experiment

Experiments The "Branded in Memory" Experiment The "Branded in Memory" experiment revealed that human memory isn't just a place for data storage. The human brain isn't...

Understanding and Belief: The Gilbert Experiment

Experiments Understanding and Belief: The Gilbert Experiment The Gilbert experiment was conducted to try to resolve a centuries-long debate. The debate began in the 16th century between...

James Vicary and Subliminal Advertising

Experiments James Vicary and Subliminal Advertising During the 50s, everyone talked about mind control and brainwashing. At the end of the decade, James Vicary conducted his...

The Fascinating History of Kingsley Hall, Anti-Psychiatry Headquarters

Experiments The Fascinating History of Kingsley Hall, Anti-Psychiatry Headquarters Kingsley Hall is the name of a building where doctors performed some of the most impressive psychiatric experiments of the...

Wegner's Theory of Dream Rebound: The Effect of Thought Suppression

Experiments Wegner's Theory of Dream Rebound: The Effect of Thought Suppression In the 80s, Harvard University conducted an experiment to try and discover the effects of thought suppression. American social psychologist...

Delayed Gratification and Impulse Control

Experiments Delayed Gratification and Impulse Control In 1960, Walter Mischel, a psychologist at Stanford University, conducted a simple experiment with children. He tested their ability to...

Quattrone and Tversky's Experiment on Self-Deception

Experiments Quattrone and Tversky's Experiment on Self-Deception If someone were to ask you, you'd probably say you never get involved in lies and deception. Most of us...