Paper 1.2: Experiments in Psychology
| Unit | Content | Time (Hours) | Domain |
| I | Introduction
Nature of science, psychological experimentation: nature, applications of scientific method Experimental plan: planning of experiment, Types of experiments, conducting and writing up an experiment Experimental designs: within and between subject design, field experiment Field experiments and longitudinal experiments Longitudinal study in developmental psychology |
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| II | Classical Experiments – Experimental Psychology
Weber’s law and its verification by any classical method of Gustav Fechner, signal detectionexperiments by Green and Swets, ROC curves Experiment of classical conditioning by Pavlov, Tolman’s experiment on sign significate learning, Gibson’s visual cliff experiment Ebbinghaus experiments on learning and retention Trying to draw self forgetting curve Trying some mnemonics |
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| III | Classical Experiments – Social and Emotional Behavior
Cognitive Physiological experiment of emotions by Schachter and Singer Obedience experiments by Stanley Milgram Sheriff’s experiment of Rober’s cave, Stanford prison experiment on roles and rules by Zimbardo, experiments on conformity by Solomon Asch The phenomena in Indian contexts Classroom group games |
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Syllabus Books:
- Gorrig, R.F. and Zimbardo, P.G. (2005). Psychology and Life. Allyn and Bacon.
- Milgram, S. (1974). Obedience to authority. New York: Harper Arrow
- Asch, S.E. (1952). Social Psychology. Prentice Hall: NJ.
- McGuigan, F.J. Experimental Psychology. Prentice Hall: NJ
- Schachter, S. (1971). Emotion, obesity, and crime. Academic Press: New York.
- Gross, R.D. (2005). Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour
- Physiological Psychology.
- D’Amato, M.R. (2010). Methodology, Psychophysics and Learning. Tata McGraw Hill: New Delhi.
Reference Books:
- Ronald Gandelman. (1985). Autobiographies in Experimental Psychology.Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- Levine; S. Parkinson. (1994).Experimental Methods in Psychology.Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- W. KlingLorrin A. Riggs. (1971). Woodworth & Schlossberg’s Experimental Psychology.Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
- RodriguesR. V. Levine. (1999). Reflections on 100 Years of Experimental Social Psychology,Basic Books.
- S. Rogers. (2003). SocialPsychology: Experimental and Critical Approaches.Open University Press.
