Today’s experiment we will be focusing on observational behavior. This famous experiment was conducted by Albert Bandura. This same psychologist presents the social learning theory, which will go on to be something that is frequently taught today in psychology.  The theory says that along with classical conditioning and other methods, learning can also be acquired […]

The next experiment we will be talking about is the Robber’s Cave experiment. This famous experiment was done by Muzafer Sherif. Sherif was a famous social psychologist that came up with the Realist Conflict Theory. This is used to explain the reason for negative conflict and discrimination between two groups that are in competition for […]

  The Little Albert Experiment was a classic experiment performed by behaviorist John Watson. This experiment has to do with classical conditioning. This is also called Pavlovian Conditioning. It is the learning through associating a stimulus that occurs naturally to an environmental stimulus. Before we start talking about the experiment, there are some terms you […]

Our next experiment in psychology is going to be the Stanford Prison experiment. This is another one of the most famous experiments in psychology. Are humans naturally predisposed to evil behavior because of their personality or is it situational? This is what Zimbardo wanted to figure out. He built a prison in the basement of […]