Scientists from a range of disciplines are coming together to take a good look at themselves. APS Fellow Jonathan Schooler outlines how psychological science can enrich our understanding of the ways science — and scientists — work.
“Why People Forget and Falsely Remember US Presidents” by C. Nathan DeWall and “The Likely Aftermath of Adversity: Harm, Resilience, or Growth?” by David G. Myers.
From Beck’s Depression Inventory to the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), psychological scientists regularly use scales, schedules, and inventories in published empirical papers. But how can we be certain that these questionnaires actually measure the same construct across all respondents?