Seligman’s Learned Helplessness

David and Tamler welcome Paul Bloom back to the show for a definitive ranking of classic psychology experiments. Will the shocking results of the Milgram studies earn him a posthumous 'S' ranking? How far will Zimbardo fall? Is the Stroop effect a super effect? Did you see the Gorilla in these notes? Which is more plausible: that we have Paul Bloom as a guest, or we have Paul Bloom and a guest and it's a banger? Note: no dogs or baby monkeys were harmed in the making of this episode.

Final Tier List Rankings (episode spoilers!)

List of Studies Ranked (all links are to pages on wikipedia.org)

• Milgram Shock Studies

• Tversky and Kahneman Linda Problem

• Loftus Car Crash/False Memory

• Ekman Basic Emotions Studies

• Good Samaritan Study

• Invisible Gorilla Study

• Shepard Figure Rotation

• Harlow's Monkeys

• Seligman Learned Helplessness

• Asch Conformity

• Stroop Effect

• Dunning-Kruger Effect

• Visual Cliff Experiment

• Zimbardo Prison Experiment

• False Belief Task

• Bem ESP Study

• Marshmallow Test

• Bargh Elderly Walking Prime