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Case Study: Little Hans
A small boy's phobia of horses seemed unlikely evidence for the Oedipus complex.
Case Study: The Man with a Hole in His Head
Phineas Gage was a railway worker in 19th-century Vermont who survived a bizarre accident.
Case Study: The Wild Boy of Aveyron
In 1800, 12-year-old Victor emerged from the woods, naked and behaving like an animal.
Case Study: Kitty Genovese
A brutal killing led to the naming of the phenomenon known as Bystander Effect.
The Bobo Doll
Albert Bandura's experiment in 1961 exposed the dangers of imitative behaviour.
The Heinz Dilemma
Lawrence Kohlberg's experiment to quantify the human capacity for ethical reasoning.
The Stanford Prison Experiment
When Philip Zimbardo set up a mock prison, he had no idea what he would witness.
Hans Eysenck
Claudia Hammond looks at Hans Eysenck's studies of introvert and extrovert personalities.
Mary Ainsworth
Claudia Hammond looks at Mary Ainsworth's research on the parent-child relationship.
John Watson and Little Emotional Albert
Claudia Hammond profiles JB Watson, the psychologist considered the father of behaviourism