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Forty Studies That Changed Psychology

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ISBN-10: 0205918395

ISBN-13: 9780205918393

Edition: 7th 2013 (Revised)

Authors: Roger R. Hock

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Forty studies that help shape Psychology Roger Hock’s Forty Studies provides a glimpse of the science of psychology, unraveling the complexities of human nature. This book provides a more in-depth look and analyses that cannot be found by reading a textbook or research alone. It has the original studies, research & analysis about the most famous studies in psychological history. Learning GoalsUpon completing this book, readers will:Gain background knowledge of the complexities in the psychology field.Learn about detailed studies in an easy, understandable manner.Understand scientific research, through closer examination of major topics.
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List price: $56.99
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Pearson Education, Limited
Publication date: 7/22/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Roger R. Hock is Professor of Psychology at Mendocino College in California and the author of Forty Studies that Changed Psychology: Explorations into the History of Psychological Research.

Preface
Biology 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.
Perception and Consciousness
Take a Long Look
Fantz, R L. (1961). The origin of form perception. Scientific American, 204, 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.
As a Category, It's a Natural
Rosch, Eleanor H. (1973). Natural categories. Cognitive Psychology, 4, 328-350.
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.
Learning and Conditioning
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.
Intelligence, Cognition, and Memory
What You Expect is What You Get
Rosenthal, R., Jacobson, L. (1966). Teachers' expectancies: Determinates of pupils' IQgains. 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.
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. In J. Piaget, 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, 11-33.
In Control and Glad of It!
Langer, E. J., Rodin, J. (1976). The effects of choice and enhanced personal responsibility for the aged: A field experiment in an institutional setting, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 34,191-198.
Emotion and Motivation
A Sexual Motivation
Masters, W. H., Johnson, V. E. (1966). Human sexual response Boston: Little, Brown.
:1 Can See it All Over Your Face!
Ekman, P., Frieseri, W. V. (1971). Constants across cultures in the face and emotion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 17, 124-129.
Watching Your Emotions?
Ross, P. (2003). Mind readers. Scientific American, 289(3), 74-77.
Thoughts Out of Tune
Festinger, L., Carlsmith, J. M. (1959). Cognitive consequences of forced compliance. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 58, 203-210.
Personality
Are You the Master of Your Fate?
Rotter, J. B. (1966). Generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement. Psychological Monographs, 80, 1-28.
Masculine or Feminine … Or Both?
Bern, S. L. (1974). The measurement of psychological androgyny. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 42, 155-162.
Racing Against your Heart
Friedman, M., Rosenman, R. H. (1959). Association of specific overt behavior pattern with blood and cardiovascular findings. Journal of the American Medical Association, 169, 1286-1296.
The One, the Many
Triandis, H., Bontempo, R., Villareal, M., Asai, M., Lucca, N. (1988). Individualism and collectivism: Cross-cultural perspectives on self-ingroup relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 54, 323-338.
Psychopathology
Who's Crazy Here, Anyway?
Rosenhan, D. L. (1973). On being sane in insane places. Science, 179, 250-258.
You're Getting Defensive Again!
Freud, A. (1946). The ego and the mechanisms of defense. New York: International Universities Press.
Learning to be Depressed
Seligman, M. E. P., Maier, S. F. (1967). Failure to escape traumatic shock. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 74, 1-9.
Crowding into the Behavioral Sink
Calhoun, J. B. (1962). Population density and social pathology. Scientific American, 206(3), 139-148.
Psychotherapy
Choosing Your Psychotherapist
Smith, M. L., Glass, G. V. (1977). Meta-analysis of psychotherapy outcome studies. American Psychologist, 32, 752-760.
Relaxing Your Fears Away
Wolpe, J. (1961). The systematic desensitization treatment of neuroses. Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases, 132, 180-203.
Projections of Who You Are
Rorschach, H. (1942). Psychodiagnostics: A diagnostic test based on perception. New York: Grune & Stratton.
Picture This!
Murray, H. A. (1938). Explorations in personality (pp. 531-545). New York: Oxford University Press.
Social Psychology
A Prison by Any Other Name …
Zimbardo, P. G. (1972). The pathology of imprisonment. Society, 9(6), 4-8. Haney, C., Banks, W. C., & Zimbardo, P. G. (1973). Interpersonal dynamics in a simulated prison. International Journal of Criminology & Penology, 1, 69-97.
The Power of Conformity
Asch, S. E. (1955). Opinions and social pressure. Scientific American, 193(5), 31-35.
To Help or Not to Help
Darley, J. M., Latan�, B. (1968). Bystander intervention in emergencies: Diffusion of responsibility. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 8, 377-383.
Obey at Any Cost?
Milgram, S. (1963). Behavioral study of obedience. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 67, 371-378.
Author Index
Subject Index