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Becoming a Cumulative Science

By Walter Mischel
Observer Vol.22, No.1 January, 2009

In this space, I have been discussing urban legends in psychological science about our multiple roles within academic life. Assuming you are reading (and remembering) these Observer columns the way […]... More>

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All Brains Are the Same Color

By Richard E. Nisbett
Observer Vol.22, No.2 February, 2009

After five columns on the urban legends in our science that may inadvertently undermine some of our efforts to build an integrative and cumulative psychological science, the next few columns […]... More>

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Academic Career Values and Choices: Two Perspectives

By Walter Mischel
Observer Vol.22, No.3 March, 2009

Two contributions that follow in this issue — speaking clearly but in very different voices and emerging from contrasting professional and life stages — provide distinctive but complementary perspectives on […]... More>

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Beyond Nature vs. Nurture: Philosophical Insights From Molecular Biology

By Frances A. Champagne
Observer Vol.22, No.4 April, 2009

The “new genetics” research in molecular biology, as this month’s invited Presidential Column by Frances Champagne illustrates, has important implications for psychological science (so important, in fact, that it will […]... More>

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On the Future of APS Journals

By Walter Mischel
Observer Vol.22, No.5 May/June, 2009

In these Presidential Columns, from September 2008 to January 2009, I discussed the implicit understandings and misunderstandings — the urban legends of our field — about our roles in the […]... More>

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