Thread IV: The Social Sciences are a Mess, Including But Not Restricted to Psych Science, and It Includes But Goes Well Beyond The Replication Crisis (in general, and not just for things political-see other threads for those).
My very 1st PsychToday blog:
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No, they don't. My blog is from 2012
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Paper on right just came out.
You (could have) heard it here first.
This one is spot on, but its also dangerous.
It is NOT an argument to believe in conspiracy theories or data analysis by your libertarian uncle who knows a little stat.
Its more like "treat scientists' with deep skepticism."
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Why skepticism about psych science? Here are a SLEW of resources, of veritable bibliography of SCIENTIFIC sources critiquing scientific findings and processes.
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If you have read the recent Perspectives on Psych Science special issue on microaggressions, you KNOW this is true:
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I cannot tell you how many times I have been told:
Not to call my colleagues hypocrites
I would have so much more influence if only I had a better "tone"
It is me, not they, who are biased.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Is it me, or is it them?
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I mean, if "self-correction" is some of what gives science its credibility and status, then they should love being corrected, right?
😉
If you follow science reformers, you know answers include:
sampling, generalizing, theorizing, statistics, and applying academic findings to the real world.
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In an area where half the studies fail, the published lit is 95% success.
So much to debunk, its like whack-a-mole, but here is a deep dive into a recent paper.
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An actual undergrad syllabus for exposing students to these sorts of issues. When I have done this, they have loved this course.
#livedexperience (and high course evals).
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Grad syllabus blog and END.
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