Ch. 1. Biology And Human Behavior --
Reading 1: One Brain Or Two? --
Gazzaniga, M. S. (1967) The split brain in man. Scientific American 217(2), 24-29 --
Reading 2: More Experience = Bigger Brain --
Rosenzveig, M.R. Bennett, E. L. & Diamond, M.C. (1972). Brain changes in response to experience. Scientific American, 226(2), 22-29 --
Reading 3: Are You A “Natural?” --
Bouchard, T. Lykken, D., McGue, M., Segal, N. & Tellegen, A. (1990). Sources of human psychological differences: The Minnesota study of twins reared
Reading 4: Watch Out For The Visual Cliff! --
Gibson, E. J. & Walk, R. D. (1960). The "visual cliff." Scientific American, 202(4), 67-71 --
Ch. 2. Perception And Consciousness --
Reading 5: Take A Long Look --
Fantz, R. L. (1961). The origin of form perception. Scientific American, 204, 61-72 --
Reading 6: To Sleep, No Doubt To Dream --
Aserinsky, E., & Kleitman, N. (1953). Regularly occurring periods of eye mobility and concomitant phenomena during sleep. Science, 118, 273-274 --
Dement, W. (1960). The effect of dream deprivation. Science, 131, 1705-1707 --
Reading 7: As A Category, It’s A Natural --
Rosch, Eleanor H. (1973). Natural categories. Cognitive Psychology, 4, 328-350 --
Reading 8: Acting As If You Are Hypnotized --
Spanos, N. P. (1982). Hypnotic behavior: A cognitive, social psychological perspective. Research Communication in Psychology, Psychiatry, and Behavior, 7, 199-213 --
Ch. 3. Conditioning and learning --
Reading 9: It’s Not Just About Salivating Dogs! --
Pavlov, I. P. (1927) Conditioned reflexes. London: Oxford University Press --
Reading 10: Little Emotional Albert --
Watson, J. B. & Rayner, R. (1920). Conditioned emotional responses. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 3, 1-14 --
Reading 11: Knock Wood! --
Skinner, B. F. (1948). Superposition in the pigeon. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 38, 168-172 --
Reading 12: See Aggression . . . Do Aggression! --
Bandura, A., Ross, D. & Ross, S. A. (1961). Transmission of aggression through imitation of aggressive models. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 63, 575-582 --
Ch. 4. Cognition, memory, and intelligence --
Reading 13. What you expect is what you get --
Rosenthal, R. & Jacobson L. (1966). Teachers' expectancies: Determinates of pupils' IQ gains. Psychological Reports, 19, 115-118 --
Reading 14: Just how are you intelligent? --
Reading 15: Maps in your mind --
Tolman, E. C. (1948). Cognitive maps in rats and men. Psychological Review, 55, 189-208 --
Reading 16: Thanks for the memories --
Loftus, E. F. (1975). leading questions and the eyewitness report. Cognitive Psychology, 7, 560-572 --
Ch. 5. Changes over the human lifespan --
Reading 17: Discovering love --
Harlow, H. F. (1958). The nature of love. American Psychologist, 13, 678-685 --
Reading 18: Out of sight, but not out of mind --
Piaget, J. (1954). The development of object concept. In Piaget, The construction of reality in the child (pp. 3-96). New York: Basic Books --
Reading 19: How moral are you? --
Kohlberg, L. (1963). The development of children's orientations toward a moral order: Sequence in the development of moral thought. Vita Humana, 6, 11-33 --
Reading 20: In control and glad of it! --
Langer, E. J. & Rodin, J. (1976). The effects of choice and enhanced personal responsibility for the aged: A field experiment in an institutional setting. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 34, 191-198 --
Ch. 6. Motivation and emotion --
Reading 21: A Sexual Motivation --
Master, W. H. & Johnson, V. E. (1966). Human sexual response. Boston: Little, Brown --
Reading 22: I Can See It All Over Your Face! --
Ekman, P. &Friesen, W. V. (1971). Constants across cultures in the face and emotion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 17, 124-129 --
Reading 23: Watching Your Emotions? --
Ross, P. (2003). Mind readers. Scientific American, 289(3), 74-77 --
Reading 24: Thoughts Out Of Tune --
Festinger, L. & Carlsmith, J. M. (1959). Cognitive consequences of forced compliance. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 58, 203-210 --
Ch. 7. Personality --
Reading 25: Are You The Master Of Your Fate? --
Rotter, J. B. (1966). Generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement. Psychological Monographs, 80, 1-28 --
Reading 26: Masculine Or Feminine . . . Or Both? --
Bem, S. L. (1974). The measurement of psychological androgyny. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 42, 155-162.
Reading 27: Racing Against Your Heart --
Friedman, M. & Rosenman, R. H. (1959). Association of specific over behavior pattern with blood and cardiovascular findings. Journal of the American Medical Association
Reading 28: The One, The Many --
Triandis, H. Bontempo, R., Villareal, M., Asai, M., & Licca, N. (1988). Individualism and collectivism: Cross-cultural perspective on self-ingroup relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 54, 323-338 --
Ch. 8. Psychopathology --
Reading 29: Who’s Crazy Here, Anyway? --
Rosenhan, D. L. (1973). On being sane in insane places. Science, 179, 250-258 --
Reading 30: You’re Getting Defensive Again! --
Freud, A. (1946). The ego and the mechanisms of defense. New York: International Universities Press --
Reading 31: Learning To Be Depressed --
Seligman M. E. P., & Maier, S. F. (1967). Failure to escape traumatic shock. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 74, 1-9 --
Reading 32: Crowding Into The Behavioral Sink --
Calhoun, J. B. (1962). Population density and social pathology. Scientific American, 206(3), 139-148 --
Chapter 9: Theraphy --
Reading 33: Choosing Your Psychotherapist --
Smith M. L., & Glass, G. V. (1977). Meta-analysis of psychotherapy outcome studies. American Psychologist, 32, 752-760 --
Reading 34: Relaxing Your Fears Away --
Wolpe, J. (1961). The systematic desensitization treatment of neuroses. Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases, 132, 180-203 --
Reading 35: Projections Of Who You Are --
Rorschach, H. (1942). Psychodiagnostics: A diagnostic test based on perception. New York: Grune & Stratton --
Reading 36: Picture This! --
Murray, H. A. (1938). Explorations in personality (pp.531-545). New York: Oxford University Press --
Ch. 10. Social Psychology --
Reading 37: A Prison By Any Other Name... --
Zimbardo, P. G. (1972). The pathology of imprisonment. Society, 9(6), 4-8 --
Haney, C, Banks, W. C. & Zimbardo P. G. (1973). Interpersonal dynamics in a simulated prison. International Journal of Criminology & Penalogy, 1, 69-97 --
Reading 38: The Power Of Conformity --
Asch, S. E. (1955). Options and social pressure. Scientific American. 193(5), 31-35 --
Reading 39: To Help Or Not To Help --
Darley, J. M., & Latané, B. (1968). Bystander intervention in emergencies Difussion of responsability: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 8, 377-383 --
Reading 40: Obey At Any Cost? --
Milgram, S. (1963). behavioral study of obedience. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 67, 371-378.

Roger Hock’s Forty Studies provides a glimpse of the science of psychology, unraveling the complexities of human nature. Hock summarizes some of the most influential studies in psychological history studies, and guides the reader through a thoughtful interpretation of the results and why the study is considered so important. This book provides a more in-depth look and analyses that cannot be found by reading a textbook or research alone.