{"id":12238,"date":"2020-09-09T15:31:13","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T06:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/?p=12238"},"modified":"2020-09-18T06:10:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T21:10:12","slug":"these-famous-psychologists-would-fail-their-ias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/2020\/09\/09\/these-famous-psychologists-would-fail-their-ias\/","title":{"rendered":"These famous psychologists would fail their IAs!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can barely get through a psychology TED\u2122 Talk by a psychologist these days without sighing at the blatant manipulation being presented. In class, I can’t help but pause the video and comment. My students know what’s coming and I’m sure I annoy the heck out of them. But I think it’s important. Here’s why these psychologists would fail their IAs and why it matters.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Psychology is in somewhat of a crisis. It’s called the replication crisis (aka. the reproducibility crisis). Famous studies are failing to be replicated. This means the psychological phenomena we thought we understood, or even thought existed, might not be so. Why? Well, I think it’s because of our innate desire to prove our point, to show people that we’re right.<\/p>\n

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