Concerns about replicability and openness of psychological research have led to a transformation in scientific practices and methods in recent years. But will these heightened standards for rigor and transparency quash the kind of inventive theories and predictions that have driven psychological science in the first place? Researchers from across More
Those participants who were told their group members were patient ended up waiting almost twice as long for a second marshmallow as the others More
Psychological researchers are preregistering studies at unprecedented and accelerating rates, setting a model for improving scientific practices. More
The new APS journal devoted to research methods and practices is receiving a steady flow of submissions and has already accepted a number of papers for publication. More
To put it bluntly, academic psychology’s public reputation seems to be in free fall. When the press coverage of the “replicability crisis” in psychological science first began a few years ago, reporters generally broached the topic in a respectful and delicate fashion, hinting at problems but not trumpeting them. That More
A large-scale replication effort aimed to reproduce a 2012 study showing that people forced to decide quickly contributed more to a communal pot than did those who had to wait before deciding. More
