I like telling students about accidental discoveries -- where
researchers are looking for one thing but stumble upon another more
important phenomenon. It usually involves a creative reconstruction of
the results of one's work.
this link is a list of those sorts of things in material science:
http://www.exn.ca/Stories/2004/04/19/51.asp
Does anyone have examples in psychology? One that I can think of is
"learned helplessness". The Minnesota researchers were wondering why
their dogs were failing to learn in an avoidance paradigm. I'd love to
know other examples.
Bill Scott
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