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The Seven Deadly Sins of Psychology : A Manifesto for Reforming the Culture of Scientific Practice
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The Seven Deadly Sins of Psychology : A Manifesto for Reforming the Culture of Scientific Practice / Chris Chambers.
ISBN
9780691192031
Publication
Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Copyright Notice Date
©2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (296 p.)
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Access is available to the Yale community.
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In English.
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Summary
Why psychology is in peril as a scientific discipline-and how to save itPsychological 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 fraud. The Seven Deadly Sins of Psychology diagnoses the ills besetting the discipline today and proposes sensible, practical solutions to ensure that it remains a legitimate and reliable science in the years ahead. In this unflinchingly candid manifesto, Chris Chambers shows how practitioners are vulnerable to powerful biases that undercut the scientific method, how they routinely torture data until it produces outcomes that can be published in prestigious journals, and how studies are much less reliable than advertised. Left unchecked, these and other problems threaten the very future of psychology as a science-but help is here.
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De Gruyter University Press eBook pilot project 2019.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 17, 2022
Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Preface To The Paperback Edition
Preface
CHAPTER 1. The Sin Of Bias
CHAPTER 2. The Sin Of Hidden Flexibility
CHAPTER 3. The Sin Of Unreliability
CHAPTER 4. The Sin Of Data Hoarding
CHAPTER 5. The Sin Of Corruptibility
CHAPTER 6. The Sin Of Internment
CHAPTER 7. The Sin Of Bean Counting
CHAPTER 8. Redemption
Notes
Index
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