Pavlov had that problem of dogs starting to drool when the lab assistant walked 
in the room.



Michael T. Scoles, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology & Counseling
University of Central Arkansas
Conway, AR 72035
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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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