Comments on: Nominate Your Favourite Social Psychology Studies

By: Nick Narcotic

Nick Narcotic — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:02:00 +0000

Definately got to be Zimbardo's Stanford Prison investigation.

By: Jeremy (PsyBlog author)

Jeremy (PsyBlog author) — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:02:00 +0000

Thanks for the nomination pr1ttyricky!

By: pr1ttyricky

pr1ttyricky — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:56:00 +0000

Stanley Schachter's studies on affiliation were always my favorite.

"Misery loves company!"

By: Jeremy (PsyBlog author)

Jeremy (PsyBlog author) — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 08:09:00 +0000

Thanks eugenio, good suggestion.

By: eugenio

eugenio — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:03:00 +0000

Don't forget "the diffusion of responsibility in an emergency" of Merton

By: Jeremy (PsyBlog author)

Jeremy (PsyBlog author) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 08:22:00 +0000

Isabella, thanks for these - some great research there!

By: isabella mori

isabella mori — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:50:00 +0000

here's some of my favourites:

leon festinger on cognitive dissonance

nisbett on socially influenced judgments

zimbardo's prison experiment

elizabeth loftus on how our social environment influences how we remember things

tajfel and billig on ingroup/outgroup

morton deutsch on conflict resolution

fazio's research on prejudice

janis on groupthink

ok, that's enough for now :)