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Does Social Psychology Really Have a Retraction Problem?

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Maybe not. This research suggests the situation is better than has been assumed.

Does social psychology really have a retraction problem?

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Armin Günther
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That’s the question posed by Armin Günther at the Leibniz Institute for Psychology Information in Germany in a recent presentation. There is some evidence to suggest that psychology overall has a problem — the number of retractions has increased four-fold since 1989, and some believe the literature is plagued with errors. Social psychologist Diederik Stapel is number three on our leaderboard, with 58 retractions.
But does any particular field have more retractions, on average, than others? Günther examines some trends and provides his thoughts on the state of the field. Take a look at his presentation (we recommend switching to full-screen view): Read the rest of this entry »
 
Jack Hays said:
Maybe not. This research suggests the situation is better than has been assumed.

Does social psychology really have a retraction problem?

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[FONT=&]That’s the question posed by Armin Günther at the Leibniz Institute for Psychology Information in Germany in a recent presentation. There is some evidence to suggest that psychology overall has a problem — the number of retractions has increased four-fold since 1989, and some believe the literature is plagued with errors. Social psychologist Diederik Stapel is number three on our leaderboard, with 58 retractions.[/FONT]
[FONT=&]But does any particular field have more retractions, on average, than others? Günther examines some trends and provides his thoughts on the state of the field. Take a look at his presentation (we recommend switching to full-screen view): Read the rest of this entry »[/FONT]
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The soft Sciences have a real problem best denoted by The Harvard Law of Animal Behavior from Joel Garreau.
The Harvard Law of Animal Behavior holds that under controlled experimental conditions of temperature,
time, lighting, feeding, and training, the organism will behave as it damn well pleases.
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The exact same stimulus on different control groups, may have a completely different result.
 
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