psychological experiments
Behavioral research trials
Psychological experiments are controlled studies designed to test hypotheses about human behavior, cognition, or emotion.
Participants might solve puzzles, respond to stimuli, or interact with confederates (actors posing as fellow subjects).
Famous examples include Milgram's obedience studies and the Stanford prison experiment.
The phrase sometimes carries skeptical undertones, suggesting manipulation: I feel like I'm in some kind of psychological experiment.
- memory recallRetrieving stored information
- false memoriesBelieved but untrue recollections
- split brainSevered cerebral connection
- blind spotArea of blocked perception
- control groupUntreated subjects for comparison
habit formation · dependent variable · attention span · informed consent · voluntary participation · lab rats · hypothesis testing · replication · human subjects · emotional regulation · decision-making · group dynamics · peer pressure · social conformity · placebo effect · behavioral conditioning · problem-solving · statistical analysis
psychological experimentscasual observation
Unstudied comment or notice
anecdotal evidence · intuition · hearsay · guesswork · folk wisdom
psychological experimentspseudoscience
Bogus methodology posing as factual
folk psychology · astrology · phrenology · superstition · mysticism
psychological experimentsfield observation
Watching subjects in place
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