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Badly specified theories are not responsible for the replication crisis in social psychology: Comment on Klein.
- Source :
- Theory & Psychology; Aug2016, Vol. 26 Issue 4, p540-548, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Klein (2014) argues that the replication crisis in social psychology is due—at least in large part—to the tendency of psychological theories to be ill-specified. We disagree. First, we use both historical and contemporary examples to show that high-quality replication is possible even in the absence of a well-specified theory; and, second, we argue that it is typically auxiliary assumptions, rather than theories themselves, that need to be more clearly specified in order to understand the implications of a given replication effort. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SOCIAL psychology
PSYCHOLOGY
HUMAN ecology
SOCIAL groups
SOCIOLOGY
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09593543
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Theory & Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 117061705
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0959354316637136