Museum Walk Studies

Unethical Studies

100

White Coat

Milgram

1961 "White Coat"

Investigate the willingn

Willingess to obey authority when instructed to perform acts that conflict with morality

200

The Monster Study by 

Menell 

& Jonson

1939

The effects of positively and negatively reinforced speech therapy

300

Zimbardo 1971 Stanford Prison

To study the assumption of roles in a contrived situation

400

Little Albert by 

Watson 

& Rayner

1920

To discover if they could use stimulus to condition irrational fear in a nine-month-old

500

Conformity by 

Asch

1951

To evaluate a person’s likelihood to conform under pressure

Animal Research

100

Surrogate Mother by 

Harlow

1957-1963

Are children attached to mothers just because they are the ones who feed them?

200

Can automatic behaviors be learned?

Pavlov's Dogs 1890

300

Learned Helplessness by 

Seligman

1967

Do animals (and humans) associate repeated negative situations with a helpless situation

Cool Psych Studies

100

Violist Washington Post 2007

To test how observant people are

200

Good Samaritan by 

Parley 

& Batson

1973

To investigate the potential causes that underlie altruistic behavior

300

Attentive Selection by 

Simmons 

& Chabris

1999

Investigate person’s ability to multi-task when asked to attend to a different task 

400

False Consensus by 

Lee & Ross

1977

To study if people incorrectly assume that most people think the same way as they do

500

Car Crash by 

Loftus 

& Palmer

1974

To study whether (and how much) description affects perception.

Kid Studies

100

Marshmallow St

Walter 

& Mischel

1972

Can deferred gratification can be an indicator of future success

200

Robber's Cave by 

Muzafer

& Sherif

1954

To discover how group conflict and prejudice occur

300

Looking Chamber by Fantz 1961

To study infant development in vision

400

Bo Bo the Clown by 

Bandura

1961-1963

To discover whether genetics, environment, or social learning shapes a child’s behavior

500

A Class Divided by Elliott 1968

To help students understand the effects of racism and prejudice 

Other Studies

100

Kitty Genovese by NYPolice 1964

To discover why people sometimes do not intervene for the sake of others in need (bystander effect)

200

Hawthorne Effect by 

Landsberger

1955

Do humans change their behavior simply because they are being studied?