Right! More rigorous replications failed. And then we discovered bacteria and antibiotics.
On Dec 21, 2012, at 7:47 AM, John Kulig wrote: > The _original_ was Brady, 1958 Scientific American .... the "executive" > monkey study. In this study those that _had_ control developed ulcers ... > other studies dealt with predictability. It is my understanding the original > Brady study had design issues .. > > Brady, J. V. (1958). Ulcers in executive monkeys. Scientific American, > 199(4), 95-100.doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1058-95 > > ========================== > John W. Kulig, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology > Coordinator, University Honors > Plymouth State University > Plymouth NH 03264 > ========================== > > From: "Michael Britt" <mich...@thepsychfiles.com> > To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" > <tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 8:22:57 AM > Subject: [tips] Stressed out Monkeys > > Does anybody remember? What was that study in which monkeys were slightly > shocked - one monkey knew when the shock was coming but the other one > received the exact same number of shocks but didn't know when it was coming? > The latter monkey showed more signs of stress, indicating that this element > of unpredictability was really the important factor in stressful events? > > Anyone know the original study on this? appreciate it, > > Michael > > Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. > mich...@thepsychfiles.com > http://www.ThePsychFiles.com > Twitter: mbritt Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=22482 or send a blank email to leave-22482-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu