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The perverse incentives that stand as a roadblock to scientific reform

The efforts in psychology to improve the believability of our science can be boiled down to ... of alternative p-values.  In our published literature psychology confirms 95% of its hypotheses (Fanelli, 2012). Even worse, we ... J.P., Nelson, L.D., & Simonshohn, U.  (2012).  False- positive psychology : Undisclosed flexibility in data collection and analysis ... / more

A Perfect Storm: The Record of a Revolution

... revolution that has recently gripped the field of psychology 1 . Over the last two decades, increasing levels of competition ...     The Future of the Revolution: A Positive Outlook In short order, the shock effect from well-documented ... / more

A junior researcher's practical take on the why and how of open science.

... it is also an incredibly exciting time to be a junior social psychology researcher.  There is something about discord that opens up the ... changing the norms of the field—and to reap some positive individual benefits in the meantime—is to practice more open ... / more

Always on the Move: How Residential Mobility Impacts Our Well-Being

... he needs. However, John’s wife, Sally, was not so positive about moving to a big city. She liked the small town where they ... provide help when they need it. Socio-Ecological Psychology An increasing number of studies taking the perspective of ... / more

How to win (and lose) friendships across cultures: Why relational mobility matters

... socio-ecological approach   to human behavior and psychology. And yes, the ecology bit has some parallels with natural ... and self-disclosure . First, a high level of positive self-regard (a high level of self-enhancement ) will help people in ... / more

Yielding to temptation: How and why some people are better at controlling themselves

... long-term consequences.        The Positive Effects of Having High Self-regulation Abilities  ... a limited resource?  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ,  74 (5), 1252 – 1265.   De Kemp, R. A. ... / more

Experience in Action Games and the Effects on Executive Control

... people in a number of basic cognitive functions. These positive effects in video gamers led us to investigate the potential of video ... Tilo Strobach, Medical School Hamburg, Department of Psychology, Am Kaiserkai 1, 20457 Hamburg, Germany. Emails can be sent to ... / more

What does your selfie say about you?

... showed that agreeable individuals were likely to show positive emotion and take their selfie from below.  Conscientious ... For example, they used whether the selfie contained positive facial emotion and pressed lips to judge extraversion . Their ... based on physical appearance. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35(12), 1661–1671. Vazire, S., Naumann, L. P., ... / more

Seeing and Believing: Common Courtroom Myths in Eyewitness Memory

... suspect - the only person with braided hair. In this case, a positive identification only demonstrates that the eyewitness is able to ... Myth # 5: All of This Is Just Common Sense   Psychology is often thought of as a science of common sense . In fact, in ... / more

What is c Factor, and Where Can I Get It?

... However, Spearman's day was almost a hundred years ago when psychology was considered a fledgling field ; a time when the discipline ... optimal state, c factor is part of this recent wave of positive psychology pushing research of group behavior beyond well-studied ... / more