Psychological research methods form the foundation for studying behavior and mental processes. From defining hypotheses to selecting sampling strategies, each step impacts the accuracy and relevance ...

Many psychologists do not use lab notebooks, traditionally a key part of science. Here are ideas for returning to the lab ...

His provocative research made him a popular figure on campus. But his exploration of how good people can turn evil raised ethical questions. By Michael S. Rosenwald Philip G. Zimbardo, a towering ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Philip G. Zimbardo, the psychologist behind the controversial “Stanford Prison Experiment” that was intended to examine the psychological experiences of imprisonment, has died. He ...

As a requirement for course completion, students in many courses must participate in four hours of experimental research for each of the first two courses they take in the psychology department.

The idea of recreating one of psychology’s most controversial experiments for television should have been unworkable from the outset. When the BBC announced in 2002 that it would run a controlled ...

A new study in The Journal of General Psychology finds that many introductory psychology textbooks still misrepresent classic experiments and controversial debates, despite some improvements since ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Philip G. Zimbardo, the psychologist behind the controversial “Stanford Prison Experiment” that was intended to examine the psychological experiences of imprisonment, has died. He was ...