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Psychology is all around us!

From early laboratories to modern schools, businesses, and hospitals, the National Museum of Psychology explores how psychology has grown from a curious new field to an everyday part of our lives. Visitors of all ages can enjoy interactive tests of intelligence, memory, and reaction time, original artifacts from famous experiments, and stories that speak to our shared human experience.

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Stanley Milgram's Simulated Shock Generator

1961

Gift of Alexandra Milgram
Archives of the History of American Psychology

Stanford Prison Experiment Uniforms

1971

Gift of Philip Zimbardo
Archives of the History of American Psychology

Albert Bandura's Bobo Doll

ca. 1960

Gift of Albert Bandura
Archives of the History of American Psychology