Psychological Science Under Scrutiny :Recent Challenges and Proposed Solutions

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Psychological Science Under Scrutiny explores a range of contemporary challenges to the assumptions and methodologies of psychology, in order to encourage debate and ground the discipline in solid science. 

  • Discusses the pointed challenges posed by critics to the field of psychological research, which have given pause to psychological researchers across a broad spectrum of sub-fields
  • Argues that those conducting psychological research need to fundamentally change the way they think about data and results, in order to ensure that psychology has a firm basis in empirical science
  • Places the recent challenges discussed into a broad historical and conceptual perspective, and considers their implications for the future of psychological methodology and research
  • Challenges discussed include confirmation bias, the effects of grant pressure, false-positive findings, overestimating the efficacy of medications, and high correlations in functional brain imaging
  • Chapters are authored by internationally recognized experts in their fields, and are written with a minimum of specialized terminology to ensure accessibility to students and lay readers

Chapter

Chapter 1 Maximizing the Reproducibility of Your Research

Project Planning

Project Implementation

Data Analysis

Reporting

Programmatic Strategies

Implementing These Practices: An Illustration with the Open Science Framework

Conclusion

Endnotes

References

Chapter 2 Powering Reproducible Research

Background

False Positives and False Negatives

Type S and Type M Errors

Consequences of Low Power

Why Does Low Power Persist?

Possible Solutions

References

Chapter 3 Psychological Science’s Aversion to the Null, and Why Many of the Things You Think Are True, Aren’t

Falsification and Null Results

Statistical Power

The File-Drawer Problem

Moving From Protoscience to Science

References

Chapter 4 False Negatives

Introduction

Dialectics of Allegedly Correct and Wrong Decisions in Statistical Hypothesis Testing

Concluding Remarks

Acknowledgment

Endnotes

References

Chapter 5 Toward Transparent Reporting of Psychological Science

Historical Context

Disclosure Problem in Psychology

Why We Seek Transparent Reporting

Predicted Effects of (Non)compliance

Psychological and Institutional Obstacles to Transparent Reporting

Potential Remedies

Relation to Other Extant Challenges

Final Thoughts

Endnotes

References

Chapter 6 Decline Effects: Types, Mechanisms, and Personal Reflections

Four Types of Decline Effects

Separate Reflections on Unconventional Sources of Decline Effects by Schooler and Protzko

Meta-Science and the Empirical Unpacking of the Decline Effect

Acknowledgments

Endnotes

References

Chapter 7 Reverse Inference

Thinking is Inferring

The Basics of Reasoning

Inferences in Science

Reverse Inference Unleashed

Conclusion

Endnotes

References

Chapter 8 The Need for Bayesian Hypothesis Testing in Psychological Science

The Logic of p-values: Fisher’s Disjunction

The Illogic of p-values

Generalizing Logic: The Bayesian Perspective

A Concrete Example: Results from AUFP Re‐examined

The Bayesian Remedy

Concluding Comments

Acknowledgement

Endnotes

References

Part II Domain-Specific Challenges to Psychological Science

Chapter 9 The (Partial but) Real Crisis in Social Psychology A Social Influence Analysis of the Causes and Solutions

The (Partial but) Real Crisis in Social Psychology Defined and Illustrated

Why the (Partial but) Real Crisis in Social Psychology?

Five Recommendations for Ending the Partial but Real Crisis

References

Chapter 10 Popularity as a Poor Proxy for Utility: The Case of Implicit Prejudice

Introduction

Creating the Implicit Prejudice Meme

Deconstructing the Implicit Prejudice Meme

What Is Implicit Prejudice, and Why Don’t Its Measures Agree?

Conclusion

Endnotes

References

Chapter 11 Suspiciously High Correlations in Brain Imaging Research

Challenges of fMRI Analysis

Non-independence/Circularity

Associated Problems that Emerged in the Fallout

Conclusions

Endnote

References

Appendix A: A Quick Tour of fMRI Analysis

Appendix B: Power Calculations with False Discovery Rate Correction

References

Chapter 12 Critical Issues in Genetic Association Studies

Introduction

Molecular Genetic Considerations for Genetic Association Studies

Genetic Association Study Designs

Leveraging Strength in Numbers: Multi‐site Studies of Genetic Association

Consortium-based Mega-analysis

The Issue of Heterogeneity in Multi‐site Studies

Genetic Association Studies in Research and Application: Hyperbole and Hope

The Implication of Issues in Genetic Association in the Study of Gene–Environment Interaction

The Future of Genetic Association Studies

Short-term Benefits of Genetic Association Studies

Long-Term Goals and Considerations for Genetic Association Studies

References

Chapter 13 Is the Efficacy of “Antidepressant” Medications Overrated?

Fluoxetine: Creation of a Blockbuster “Antidepressant”

The Efficacy of “Antidepressant” Medications

Conclusion

Endnote

References

Chapter 14 Pitfalls in Parapsychological Research

Introduction

The Origins of Parapsychology

From Psychical Research to Parapsychology

Elusiveness of the Results

Parapsychology: The Elusiveness Continues

The Contemporary Scene: Conflicting Claims about Replicability

Retrospective vs. Prospective Replication

Bem’s Precognition Experiments: Confounding Exploratory with Confirmatory Research

The Overarching Pitfalls of Parapsychological Research

References

Part III Psychological and Institutional Obstacles to High-Quality Psychological Science

Chapter 15 Blind Analysis as a Correction for Confirmatory Bias in Physics and in Psychology

Biases in the Research Process

Corrective Practices in Psychology

Blind Analysis in Physics

Applying Blind Analysis to Psychology

Discussion

Appendix

Endnotes

References

Chapter 16 Allegiance Effects in Clinical Psychology Research and Practice

The Allegiance Effect

Allegiance Effects in Psychotherapy Research

Allegiance Effects in Assessment Research

Allegiance Effects in Allied Fields

Allegiance Effects among Practicing Clinicians

Proposed Explanations for Allegiance Effects

Proposed Remedies

Conclusion

Endnote

References

Chapter 17 We Can Do Better than Fads

Recognizing Fads

Intense Peer Pressure

Restriction of Range of Questions

Costs of Fads

Quality of Work

Encouraging Career Choices on the Basis of Fashion Rather than Passion

Fueling What May Be a Foolish Fad

Choking Off Important Areas of, or Approaches to, Research

Methods Rather than Substance

Fundamental Values

An Alternative Approach

Endnote

References

Afterword: Crisis? What Crisis?

Index

Supplemental Images

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