Dr Art Aron explains his famous Bridge Experiment in this 2 minute video excerpt from This Emotional Life:
http://video.pbs.org/video/1373962223
Videos of classic psychology experiments
1.Milgram Experiment (Derren Brown)
2. Albert Bandura, Social Learning and his Bobo Doll experiment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lCETgT_Xfzg#!
3. Selective attention test
4. The marshmallow experiment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EjJsPylEOY
5. The bystander effect
6. The Asch experiment into social conformity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRh5qy09nNw
7. The Pavlov dog experiment
8. Little Albert experiment
9. Zimbardo’s Stanford prison experiment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkmQZjZSjk4&feature=related
What are some good tips to pass on to budding social scientists?
Answer: Get them to read eminent Social Psychologist Richard Nisbett’s engaging series of letters: The Anticreativity Letters: Advice from a Senior Tempter to a Junior Tempter
Click on the above link to read the pdf.
Reference: Nisbett, R. E. (1990). The anti-creativity letters: Advice from a senior tempter to a junior tempter. American Psychologist, 45, 1078-1082.
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