Psychology History

  • Trephination
    6500 BCE

    Trephination

    They believed at this time that demons possessed humans and that is why humans became angry.
  • Tuskegee Syphilis Study

    Tuskegee Syphilis Study

    Tested to see how syphilis effected people and never treated the Africa-American patients.
  • Operant Conditioning

    Operant Conditioning

    Skinner used shocks to condition rats and help them through the maze.
  • Nuremberg Code

    Nuremberg Code

    Germany created guidelines researchers need to follow when carrying out experiments.
  • Obedience

    Obedience

    Stanley Milgram used an authority and a student to see how long students would listen to the teacher before doing what is right.
  • Prison Experiment

    Prison Experiment

    Zimbardo used a fake prison to show how reasonable people could become unreasonable due to authority.