Psych Experiments · From Pavlov's dogs to Rorschach's inkblots, put psychology's most fascinating studies to the test by Britt, Michael A. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Page Introduction Chapter 1: An Introduction to Psych Experiments

Why Psych Experiments Matter Conceptual Replications Respect Your Participants Is It Ethical? Psychology Studies and Ethical Dilemmas The “Science-y” Stuff

Classical Conditioning You Can Do Yourself: Maybe We’re Not So Different from Dogs After All

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

How You Are Manipulated Into Paying More Money Than You Wanted

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

Estimating Distances—More Psychology Than You Think

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

Your Memory Is Better Than You Think

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

How Eyewitnesses Can Be Misled

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

Yes—Walking Through a Door Will Cause You to Forget

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

The Method of Loci—One of the Most Powerful Memory Techniques

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

Getting Workers to Be More Productive

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

How You Can Improve Your Creative Ability

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

Mental Sets Can Limit You Into One Way of Thinking

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

Noticing a Face in the Crowd

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

How to Think More Positively about Life

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

How Psychiatric Labels Affect How We See People

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

The Design of Everyday Things

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

Beauty Is Apparently Not Just in the Eye of the Beholder

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

How Roles Can Affect Us at a Deep Level

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

When Trying Really Hard Makes No Difference

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

How Anonymity Can Make Us Mean

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

Why You Choose Your Romantic Partner Is Less Romantic Than You Think

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

The Power of Conformity

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

What Makes Us Truly Happy?

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

Persuasion Tactics in a Restaurant

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

Supernormal Stimuli

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

Cognitive Dissonance: We See What We Want to See

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

The Rorschach Inkblots

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

How a Phone Conversation Is Different from In-Person

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

Remembering What Never Happened

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

How and When We Are Blind to Change

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Why Do You Remember Certain Things?

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How Physical Warmth Translates to Psychological Warmth

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

Does Red Make You More Attractive?

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

Our Bodies Influence Us More Than We Think

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

When Trying to Look Good Looks Bad

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

Brain Images and Persuasion

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

Our Brains Love Curiosity

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

How Your Behavior Is Shaped

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

How Does Creativity Really Work?

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

How Superstitions Really Work

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Where Discrimination Begins

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You’re Really Not Giving This Much Thought

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The Development of Moral Thinking

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

How Children Think Differently As They Grow

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

Persuading People by First Asking for the Impossible

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

The Psychology of Humor

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

A Better Way to Detect Lies

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

Your Body Affects Your Thinking

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

The Causes of Job Satisfaction

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

A Psychological Booster Shot

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

Perception Is More Than What We See

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

Smartphones: Do They Hinder or Improve Our Life Experiences?

The Original Experiment Let’s Try It! The Results Why It Matters

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