Famous psychological studies

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Please give me information on a list or collection of significant or famous psychological studies or experiments.

-- Jack Berkley (berkmail@frontiernet.net), May 15, 2004

Answers

See the book _Forty Studies That Changed Psychology: Explorations into the History of Psychological Research_ by Roger R. Hock

-- Christopher Green (christo@yorku.ca), May 16, 2004.

Hi Jack, The selection of 40 experiments by Hock represents a nice collection of historically important experiments, but the most recent experiment highlighted was 1982. You may want to try to find some more recent studies to supplement you list. There have been a number of significant studies in the last 20 years or so, particularly in biological psychology. For example, in the fields of conscious brain imaging, hormones and behavior, psychophamacology, behavioral genetics, and evolutionary psychology. I imagine that every major area of psychology has had some significant studies in the 20 or so years. I hope this helps. Paul

-- Paul Kleinginna (pkleinginna@georgiasouthern.edu), May 16, 2004.

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