There's an experiment sometimes said conducted by Harvard scientist that tells us about human behavior using monkeys, a ladder, a banana, and a lot of cold water.

The only problem is, the experiment never happened. Find out the real study and what the fake study gets wrong on today's episode of Facts-Chology.

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Sources

https://erikbuys.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/cultural-acquisition-of-a-specific-learned-response-among-rhesus-monkeys-gordon-r-stephenson.pdf

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/games-primates-play/201203/what-monkeys-can-teach-us-about-human-behavior-facts-fiction

https://workingoutloud.com/blog/the-five-monkeys-experiment-with-a-new-lesson#disqus_thread

https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/6828/was-the-experiment-with-five-monkeys-a-ladder-a-banana-and-a-water-spray-condu

https://www.throwcase.com/2014/12/21/that-five-monkeys-and-a-banana-story-is-rubbish/

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