Chapter
Chapter 1 Maximizing the Reproducibility of Your Research
Implementing These Practices: An Illustration with the Open Science Framework
Chapter 2 Powering Reproducible Research
False Positives and False Negatives
Consequences of Low Power
Why Does Low Power Persist?
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
Moving From Protoscience to Science
Chapter 4 False Negatives
Dialectics of Allegedly Correct and Wrong Decisions in Statistical Hypothesis Testing
Chapter 5 Toward Transparent Reporting of Psychological Science
Disclosure Problem in Psychology
Why We Seek Transparent Reporting
Predicted Effects of (Non)compliance
Psychological and Institutional Obstacles to Transparent Reporting
Relation to Other Extant Challenges
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
Chapter 7 Reverse Inference
Reverse Inference Unleashed
Chapter 8 The Need for Bayesian Hypothesis Testing in Psychological Science
The Logic of p-values: Fisher’s Disjunction
Generalizing Logic: The Bayesian Perspective
A Concrete Example: Results from AUFP Re‐examined
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
Chapter 10 Popularity as a Poor Proxy for Utility: The Case of Implicit Prejudice
Creating the Implicit Prejudice Meme
Deconstructing the Implicit Prejudice Meme
What Is Implicit Prejudice, and Why Don’t Its Measures Agree?
Chapter 11 Suspiciously High Correlations in Brain Imaging Research
Challenges of fMRI Analysis
Non-independence/Circularity
Associated Problems that Emerged in the Fallout
Appendix A: A Quick Tour of fMRI Analysis
Appendix B: Power Calculations with False Discovery Rate Correction
Chapter 12 Critical Issues in Genetic Association Studies
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
Chapter 13 Is the Efficacy of “Antidepressant” Medications Overrated?
Fluoxetine: Creation of a Blockbuster “Antidepressant”
The Efficacy of “Antidepressant” Medications
Chapter 14 Pitfalls in Parapsychological Research
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
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
Chapter 16 Allegiance Effects in Clinical Psychology Research and Practice
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
Chapter 17 We Can Do Better than Fads
Restriction of Range of Questions
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
Afterword: Crisis? What Crisis?