List of famous experiments in psychology

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Below is a List of famous psychology experiments. Please add your own nominations[]

Ivan Pavlov's experiments with dogs and classical conditioning (1900s)
John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner conduct the Little Albert experiment showing evidence of classical conditioning (1920)
John B. Watson Kerplunk experiment
Solomon Asch's conformity experiments shows how group pressure can persuade an individual to conform to an obviously wrong opinion (1951)
B.F. Skinner's demonstrations of operant conditioning (1930s - 1960s)
Harry Harlow's experiments with baby monkeys and wire and cloth surrogate mothers (1957-1974)
Stanley Milgram's experiments on human obedience (1963)
Philip Zimbardo's Stanford prison experiment (1971)
Allan and Beatrice Gardner' attempts to teach American Sign Language to the chimpanzee Washoe (1970s)
Martin Seligman studies learned helplessness in dogs (1970s)
Rosenhan experiment (1972)
Kansas City preventive patrol experiment (1972-1973)
Elizabeth Loftus' and John C. Palmer's car crash experiment shows that leading questions can produce false memories (1974)
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran's experiment on phantom limbs with the Mirror Box throw light on the nature of 'learned paralysis' (1998)
Bruce K. Alexander's [Rat Park studies]] looked at the development of drug addiction