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Rosenhan experiment. The main building of St. Elizabeths Hospital (1996), located in Washington, D.C., now part of the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, was one of the sites of the Rosenhan experiment. The Rosenhan experiment or Thud experiment was an experiment claimed to have been conducted to determine the validity of ...
Baker–Miller pink. Baker–Miller Pink, also known as P-618, Schauss pink, or Drunk-Tank Pink. is a tone of pink which has been observed to temporarily reduce hostile, violent or aggressive behavior. [1] It was originally created by mixing white indoor latex paint with red trim semi-gloss outdoor paint in a 1:8 ratio by volume.
Robert Schumann [n 1] ( German: [ˈʁoːbɛʁt ˈʃuːman]; 8 June 1810 – 29 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and music critic of the Romantic era. Schumann was born to a comfortable middle-class family with no musical connections, and was initially unsure whether to pursue a career as a lawyer or to make a living as a pianist-composer.
Crazy, Not Insane is a 2020 American documentary film directed and produced by Alex Gibney. It follows the research of psychiatrist Dr. Dorothy Otnow Lewis who studied the psychology of murders. It is narrated by Laura Dern. The film had its world premiere at Copenhagen International Documentary Festival (CPH:DOX) on March 18, 2020.
Behavioral sink. " Behavioral sink " is a term invented by ethologist John B. Calhoun to describe a collapse in behavior that can result from overpopulation. The term and concept derive from a series of over-population experiments Calhoun conducted on Norway rats between 1958 and 1962. [1] In the experiments, Calhoun and his researchers created ...
The Stanford prison experiment ( SPE) was a psychological experiment conducted in August 1971. It was a two-week simulation of a prison environment that examined the effects of situational variables on participants' reactions and behaviors. Stanford University psychology professor Philip Zimbardo led the research team who administered the study.
Celebrity worship syndrome ( CWS) or celebrity obsession disorder ( COD) is an obsessive addictive disorder in which a person becomes overly involved with the details of a celebrity 's personal and professional life. [1] Psychologists have indicated that though many people obsess over film, television, sport and pop stars, the only common ...
Nazi human experimentation was a series of medical experiments on prisoners by Nazi Germany in its concentration camps mainly between 1942 and 1945. There were 15,754 documented victims, of various nationalities and age groups, although the true number is believed to be more extensive. Many survived, with a quarter of documented victims being ...