Wednesday, October 23, 2019

The Stanford Prison Experiment was wrong

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The replication crisis in psychology has called into question some of the most famous studies in the field, including such stalwarts of unde...
Thursday, April 5, 2018

Some thoughts on a priori, a posteriori and other types of conclusions

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Philosophers commonly distinguish between a priori and a posteriori conclusions. The former are conclusions whose truth can be determined ...
Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Some musings on the "sameness" of standardized experimental stimuli

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The traditional approach to experimental research in psychology involves the creation of experimental settings with standardized stimuli and...
Friday, September 16, 2016

Basic reasons to be critical of mainstream psychology: A short introduction

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It's reasonable to assume that the authority and influence of modern psychology is as much due to the perception that it's objective...
Monday, July 2, 2012

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One of the most interesting things about music is how the clearly psychological enjoyment of music correlates with certain types of acoustic...
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Science Teaching Controversy

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Recently, the news in TN has involved the introduction, and today, passing of a controversial bill involving the teaching of science. The wa...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Children's understanding of pretense

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My research work as an undergraduate, and now as a graduate student has been frequently concerned with children’s developing understanding...