Forty studies that changed psychology

This unique book closes the gap between psychology textbooks and the research that made them possible by offering a first hand glimpse into 40 of the most famous studies in the history of the field, and subsequent studies that expanded upon each study's influence. Readers are able to grasp the process and excitement of scientific discovery as they experience an insider's look at the studies that continue today to be cited most frequently, stirred up the most controversy when they were first published, sparked the most subsequent related research, opened new fields of psychological exploration, and changed most dramatically our knowledge of human behavior.

1Biology and Human Behavior

One Brain or Two?

Gazzaniga, M. S. (1967). The split brain in man. Scientific American, 217(2), 24 29.

More Experience = Bigger Brain

Rosenzweig, M. R., Bennett, E. L., & Diamond, M. C. (1972). Brain changes in response to experience. Scientific American, 226(2), 22 29.

Are you A 'Natural?'

Bouchard, T., Lykken, D., McGue, M., Segal, N., & Tellegen, A. (1990). Sources of human psychological differences: The Minnesota study of twins reared apart. Science, 250, 223 229.

Watch Out For The Visual Cliff!

Gibson, E. J., & Walk, R. D. (1960). The 'visual cliff.' Scientific American, 202(4), 67 71.

2.Perception and Consciousness

TAKE A LONG LOOK . . .

Fantz, , R.L., (1961). The origin of form perception. Scientific American, 204(May), 61-72.

To Sleep, No Doubt to Dream...

Aserinsky, E., & Kleitman, N. (1953). Regularly occurring periods of eye mobility and concomitant phenomena during sleep. Science, 118, 273 274.

Dement, W. (1960). The effect of dream deprivation. Science, 131, 1705 1707.

Unromancing the Dream

Hobson, J. A., & McCarley, R. W. (1977). The brain as a dream-state generator: An activation-synthesis hypothesis of the dream process. American Journal of Psychiatry, 134, 1335 1348.

Acting as if you are Hypnotized

Spanos, N. P. (1982). Hypnotic behavior: A cognitive, social, psychological perspective. Research Communications in Psychology, Psychiatry, and Behavior, 7, 199 213.

3 Learning

It'S Not Just About Salivating Dogs!

Pavlov, I. P. (1927). Conditioned reflexes. London: Oxford University Press.

Little Emotional Albert

Watson, J. B., & Rayner, R. (1920). Conditioned emotional responses. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 3, 1 14.

Knock Wood!

Skinner, B. F. (1948). Superstition in the pigeon. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 38, 168 172.

See Aggression...Do Aggression!

Bandura, A., Ross, D., & Ross, S. A. (1961). Transmission of aggression through imitation of aggressive models. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 63, 575 582.

4 Intelligence, Cognition, and Memory

What You Expect Is What You Get

Rosenthal, R., & Jacobson, L. (1966). Teachers' expectancies: Determinates of pupils' IQ gains. Psychological Reports, 19, 115 118.

Just How Are You Intelligent?

Gardner, H. (1983) Frames of mind: The theory of multiple intelligences. New York: Basic Books.

Maps In Your Mind

Tolman, E. C. (1948). Cognitive maps in rats and men. Psychological Review, 55, 189 208.

Thanks For The Memories!

Loftus, E. F. (1975). Leading questions and the eyewitness report. Cognitive Psychology, 7, 560 572.

5 Human Development

Discovering Love

Harlow, H. F. (1958). The nature of love. American Psychologist, 13, 673 685.

Out Of Sight, But Not Out Of Mind

Piaget, J. (1954). The development of object concept: The construction of reality in the child (pp. 3 96). New York: Basic Books.

How Moral Are You?

Kohlberg, L. (1963). The development of children's orientations toward a moral order: Sequence in the development of moral thought. Vita Humana, 6, 11