Tag: Psychology

A Milestone for the Mainstreaming of LGBTQ Studies

By Social Science Space | Published: August 8, 2016

Scholarly and public interest in the field of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer studies, as well as to the vast array of research being conducted on LGBTQ lives, relationships, and communities, has moved well into the mainstream of academe, says the editor of a new award-winning encyclopedia on the subject.

Posted in Recognition | Also tagged APA, LGBT | Leave a comment

Multiplying Social Divisions: The Psychology of Us, Them and Rivalrous Cohesion Following the EU Referendum

By Dominic Abrams and Giovanni A. Travaglino | Published: July 14, 2016

As well as beginning the long and painful divorce with the European Union, Dominic Abrams and Giovanni A. Travaglino say about Brexit, the United Kingdom is also entering a social space with very different, and very worrying, future dominated by what they term 'rivalrous cohesion.'

Posted in International Debate, Public Policy | Also tagged Brexit, Rivalrous Cohesion | Leave a comment

Can We Replicate the Reported Crisis in Psychology?

By Keith Laws | Published: June 27, 2016

The problems associated with modern psychology are longstanding and cultural, with researchers, reviewers, editors, journals and news-media all prioritizing and benefiting from the quest for novelty, says Keith Laws.

Posted in International Debate, Research | Also tagged Replication | 1 Response

Behavioral Science May Hold Some Keys to Climate Change

By Nadira Faber | Published: February 29, 2016

As we are often reminded, we urgently and drastically need to limit our use of one shared resource – fossil fuels – and its effect on another – the climate. But how realistic is this goal, both for national leaders and for us? Well, psychology may hold some answers.

Posted in Public Policy | Also tagged Climate Change, Economics, The Conversation | Leave a comment

What Britain’s A-Level Psych Exam Tells Us About Current Behavioral Science

By China Mills and Jenny Slater | Published: February 24, 2016

The current A-Level exams in psychology taken by British teens reflect a curriculum focusing on 'problems' within individuals, argue two UK psychologists, rather than taking into account the influence of society on people’s actions and behavior.

Posted in Public Policy | Also tagged Nudge, The Conversation | Leave a comment

Psychologist Bandura Awarded National Science Medal

By Social Science Space | Published: December 23, 2015

Stanford’s Albert Bandura, a psychologist who first gained acclaim for his study of learned violence involving a Bobo doll, has received one of seven National Medals of Science awarded by President Barack Obama this year.

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It’s Not the Lack of Replication, It’s the Lack of Trying to Replicate!

By Huw Green | Published: September 14, 2015

Psychology is still digesting the implications of a large study published last month, in which a team led by University of Virginia’s Brian Nosek repeated 100 psychological experiments and found that only 36 percent of originally “significant” (in the statistical sense) results were replicated. Commentators are divided over how much to worry about the news. […]

Posted in International Debate, Research Ethics | Also tagged Replication, The Conversation | Leave a comment

We Found Only a Third of Top-Drawer Psych Studies Reliable

By Elizabeth Gilbert and Nina Strohminger | Published: August 27, 2015

A small but vocal contingent of researchers has maintained that many, perhaps most, published studies are wrong. But how bad is this problem, exactly? And what features make a study more or less likely to turn out to be true? A team of 270 researchers asked the question of published psychology studies.

Posted in Research, Research Ethics | Also tagged APA, Reproducibility, The Conversation | Leave a comment

The APA Colluded on Torture. What Now?

By J. Wesley Boyd | Published: July 15, 2015

The US tortured prisoners in the 'War on Terror.' That that a major health care association colluded in this, argues J. Wesley Boyd, is unconscionable.

Posted in International Debate, Research Ethics | Also tagged APA, Ethics, Torture | Leave a comment

False Confessions, True Consequences: Why and How to Reform Interrogations

By Suzanne Bouffard | Published: April 21, 2015

Every year, innocent people sit in prison cells, some of them even on death row. A surprising number are there because they confessed to crimes they did not commit. Psychologist Saul Kassin is looking into why.

Posted in PIBBS, Public Policy | Also tagged False Confessions | Leave a comment

Philosopher of Fun: Brian Sutton-Smith, 1924-2015

By Kate Wheeling | Published: March 17, 2015

New Zealand native Brian Sutton-Smith, a developmental psychologist who brought study of fun off the playground and into the classroom, passed away earlier this month at age 90.

Posted in Announcements, News | Also tagged Brian Sutton-Smith, Passings | Leave a comment

We Should Be Happy Federal Tax Dollars Funded Rat Massage

By Social Science Space | Published: September 4, 2014

The latest winners of the Gold Goose Award for seemingly weird science with big practical benefits are researchers whose brush with lab rat love is now helping thousands of preemies.

Posted in Academic Funding, Recognition | Also tagged Golden Goose, Premature Babies | Leave a comment

Tag: Psychology

A Milestone for the Mainstreaming of LGBTQ Studies

Multiplying Social Divisions: The Psychology of Us, Them and Rivalrous Cohesion Following the EU Referendum

Can We Replicate the Reported Crisis in Psychology?

Behavioral Science May Hold Some Keys to Climate Change

What Britain’s A-Level Psych Exam Tells Us About Current Behavioral Science

Psychologist Bandura Awarded National Science Medal

It’s Not the Lack of Replication, It’s the Lack of Trying to Replicate!

We Found Only a Third of Top-Drawer Psych Studies Reliable

The APA Colluded on Torture. What Now?

False Confessions, True Consequences: Why and How to Reform Interrogations

Philosopher of Fun: Brian Sutton-Smith, 1924-2015

We Should Be Happy Federal Tax Dollars Funded Rat Massage

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