This book offers an analysis of experimental psychology that is embedded in a general understanding of human behavior. It provides methodological self- awareness for researchers who study and use the experimental method in psychology. The book critically reviews key research areas (e.g., rule- breaking, sense of agency, free choice, task switching, task sharing, and mind wandering), examining their scope, limits, ambiguities, and implicit theoretical commitments. Topics featured in this text include: Methods of critique in experimental research Goal hierarchies and organization of a task Rule-following and rule-breaking behavior Sense of agency Free-choice tasks Mind wandering Experimental Psychology and Human Agency will be of interest to researchers