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The Seven Deadly Sins of Psychology: A Manifesto for Reforming the Culture of Scientific Practice
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Why psychology is in peril as a scientific discipline--and how to save it
Psychological science has made extraordinary discoveries about the human mind, but can we trust everything its practitioners are telling us? In recent years, it has become increasingly apparent that a lot of research in psychology is based on weak evidence, questionable practices, and sometimes even ...more
Psychological science has made extraordinary discoveries about the human mind, but can we trust everything its practitioners are telling us? In recent years, it has become increasingly apparent that a lot of research in psychology is based on weak evidence, questionable practices, and sometimes even ...more
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July 16th 2019
by Princeton University Press
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"If we continue as we are then psychology will diminish as a reputable science and could very well disappear. If we ignore the warning signs now, then in a hundred years or less, psychology may be regarded as one in a long line of quaint scholarly indulgences, much as we now regard alchemy or phrenology. … Of course, few sciences are likely to withstand the judgment of history, but it is by our research practices rather than our discoveries that psychology will be judged most harshly. And that...more
This is a bit of a speed review as I've not got the time to do this the justice it deserves. In my opinion... a really important book and very well written. Clear structure and argument throughout and lots of referencing and examples to back up the main assertions. The themes Chambers draws on are familiar to me in other fields of science (particularly eg, clinical trials and epidemiology), relating to the ways in which the culture of doing science undermines its integrity. Particularly in
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This is a pretty good and brief introduction to recent history of replication bias, and why it's there. It goes hard into the Registered Reports solution, which I don't think is that workable (too strict), but that's alright. Definitely recommended for curious lay people. The math is not difficult.
He discusses bias towards positive and novelty results a lot, which is great, but there is no mention of the rather extreme political bias. This is arguably more important because the positive and ...more
He discusses bias towards positive and novelty results a lot, which is great, but there is no mention of the rather extreme political bias. This is arguably more important because the positive and ...more
The “Seven Sins” is concerned about the validity of psychological research. Can we at all, or to what degree, be certain about the conclusions reached in psychological research? More recently, replications efforts have cast doubt on our confidence in psychological research (1). In a similar vein, a recent papers states that in many research areas, researchers mostly report “successes” in the sense of that they report that their studies confirm their hypotheses - with Psychology leading in the
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This is a must-read for anyone doing science or studying at the university. For social science students this is an ultimative must-read the first year of their education.
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Man, where has this book been? When I studied for my master's degree in psychology the texts were never like this. They never really taught us about bad psychology results or liars and cheaters in science. We were taught that social science is basically like any other science and that truth wins out at the end as scientists ...more
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Man, where has this book been? When I studied for my master's degree in psychology the texts were never like this. They never really taught us about bad psychology results or liars and cheaters in science. We were taught that social science is basically like any other science and that truth wins out at the end as scientists ...more
I have (finally) finished reading Chris Chamber's book on why Everything is fucked in the land of psychological resaerch.
I highly recommend it: especially if you have no idea what the replication crisis is but even if you find it easy to figure out what are the odds of a significant result to replicate if you use the same sample size as the original study(*).
Chambers goes through the main reasons that are behind the current state of affair: the psychological biases, the analytical flexibility, ...more
I highly recommend it: especially if you have no idea what the replication crisis is but even if you find it easy to figure out what are the odds of a significant result to replicate if you use the same sample size as the original study(*).
Chambers goes through the main reasons that are behind the current state of affair: the psychological biases, the analytical flexibility, ...more
"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow person - true nobility is being superior to your former self." (p.216)
I highly recommend this book to anyone who is thinking of becoming a researcher in the field of social sciences or thinking of getting their PhD in psychology. As I am writing up my first ever manuscript which is based on my senior thesis in social psychology, this book gave me lots of good advice and helped me see how, in science, we must value data and the pursuit of ...more
I highly recommend this book to anyone who is thinking of becoming a researcher in the field of social sciences or thinking of getting their PhD in psychology. As I am writing up my first ever manuscript which is based on my senior thesis in social psychology, this book gave me lots of good advice and helped me see how, in science, we must value data and the pursuit of ...more
Highly recommend this book for any researchers, or anyone interested in this area. I will be starting my PhD soon in psychology so it is good to be aware of these prominent issues now, and on the solutions to make my future research more transparent. The writing style is also very engaging which made the book hard to put down. This usually only happens with fictional books for me!!
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