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Albert Bandura conducted the Bobo Doll Experiment to prove that human behavior is largely based upon social imitation rather than inherited genetic factors. In his groundbreaking study he separated participants into three groups:
Jun 1, 2006 · The Human Behavior Experiments: Directed by Alex Gibney. With Thomas Blass, Herbert Winer, Buddy Stump, Donna Summers.
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Jun 1, 2006 · June 1, 2006. People wonder how ordinary American soldiers, men and women, could have mistreated prisoners so barbarically at Abu Ghraib. "The Human Behavior Experiments," a documentary on both...
- Harlow’s Rhesus Monkey Experiments. In a series of controversial experiments conducted in the late 1950s and early 1960s, psychologist Harry Harlow demonstrated the powerful effects of love on normal development.
- Pavlov’s Classical Conditioning Experiments. The concept of classical conditioning is studied by every entry-level psychology student, so it may be surprising to learn that the man who first noted this phenomenon was not a psychologist at all.
- The Asch Conformity Experiments. Researchers have long been interested in the degree to which people follow or rebel against social norms. During the 1950s, psychologist Solomon Asch conducted a series of experiments designed to demonstrate the powers of conformity in groups.
- Skinner's Operant Conditioning Experiments. Skinner studied how behavior can be reinforced to be repeated or weakened to be extinguished. He designed the Skinner Box where an animal, often a rodent, would be given a food pellet or an electric shock.
Nov 14, 2023 · Some of the most famous social psychology experiments include Asch's conformity experiments, Bandura's Bobo doll experiments, the Stanford prison experiment, and Milgram's obedience experiments.
Jun 1, 2006 · Court TV and the Sundance Channel are both airing a new documentary called The Human Behavior Experiments, which takes a historical look at the psychology of unethical behavior by examining the...
Produced for Court TV and the Sundance Channel, The Human Behavior Experiments revisits three famous behavioral studies to explore some perennial questions about why human beings commit unethical acts under particular social conditions: Stanley Milgram’s obedience to authority experiments, in whi...
