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dc.contributor.author | Gervais, WM | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-02-07T16:46:54Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2024-02-07T16:46:54Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021-01-29 | - |
dc.identifier | ORCID iD: Will M. Gervais https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7790-1665 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Gervais, W.M. (2021) 'Practical Methodological Reform Needs Good Theory', Perspectives on Psychological Science, 16 (4), pp. 827 - 843. doi: 10.1177/1745691620977471. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1745-6916 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/28247 | - |
dc.description.abstract | In the face of unreplicable results, statistical anomalies, and outright fraud, introspection and changes in the psychological sciences have taken root. Vibrant reform and metascience movements have emerged. These are exciting developments and may point toward practical improvements in the future. Yet there is nothing so practical as good theory. This article outlines aspects of reform and metascience in psychology that are ripe for an injection of theory, including a lot of excellent and overlooked theoretical work from different disciplines. I review established frameworks that model the process of scientific discovery, the types of scientific networks that we ought to aspire to, and the processes by which problematic norms and institutions might evolve, focusing especially on modeling from the philosophy of science and cultural evolution. We have unwittingly evolved a toxic scientific ecosystem; existing interdisciplinary theory may help us intelligently design a better one. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 827 - 843 | - |
dc.format.medium | Print-Electronic | - |
dc.language | English | - |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | SAGE Publiations on behalf of Association for Psychological Science | en_US |
dc.rights | Copyright © The Author(s) 2021. Rights and permissions: Creative Commons License (CC BY 4.0) This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). | - |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | - |
dc.subject | metascience | en_US |
dc.subject | methods reform | en_US |
dc.subject | philosophy of science | en_US |
dc.subject | cultural evolution | en_US |
dc.subject | modeling | en_US |
dc.subject | norms | en_US |
dc.subject | diversity and inclusion | en_US |
dc.subject | theory | en_US |
dc.title | Practical Methodological Reform Needs Good Theory | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691620977471 | - |
dc.relation.isPartOf | Perspectives on Psychological Science | - |
pubs.issue | 4 | - |
pubs.publication-status | Published | - |
pubs.volume | 16 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1745-6924 | - |
dc.rights.holder | The Author(s) | - |
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