I need your help with some nominations for the most unusual research in psychology. Zimbardo's prison experiments or Milgram's compliance research are both unusual and strange in their own ways, but quite well known. What about all the other good stuff that's crept in under the radar?
My personal favourite was done by David Rosenhan (left) who faked madness to get into a mental institution. Why? Just to show how little psychiatrists really knew (or even know?).
Nominate any ideas by emailing them to me. It would be good if you could find a link to some description of the research on the web.
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If we can all be creative, why is it so hard to come up with truly original ideas?
It's because creativity is mysterious. Just ask any scientist, artist, writer or other highly creative person to explain how they come up with brilliant ideas and, if they're honest, they don't really know.
But over the decades psychologists have given ordinary participants countless tests, forms and tasks and conducted hundreds of hours of interviews. From these emerge the psychological conditions of creativity.
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