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    Brian Resnick‏Verified account @B_resnick Jun 13

    Some thoughts on recent psychology study upheavals https://www.vox.com/2018/6/13/17449118/stanford-prison-experiment-fraud-psychology-replication … Mostly this: "In science, the first demonstration of an idea often becomes the lasting one — both in pop culture and academia. But this isn’t how science is supposed to work at all! "

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      2. Brian Resnick‏Verified account @B_resnick Jun 13

        It's also important to note and remember: Psychological science didn't end in 1980. There are plenty of people working, hard and carefully, on questions implicated in the prison experiment / Milgram electroshock test etc

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      3. Brian Resnick‏Verified account @B_resnick Jun 13

        Findings today tend not to be as dramatic or shocking as these old tests (or perhaps, more accurately, stunts). But we can definitely still learn about things like why one human would see another as lesserhttps://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/3/7/14456154/dehumanization-psychology-explained …

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      4. Brian Resnick‏Verified account @B_resnick Jun 13

        Also to note on the prison experiment, specifically. It was never really a great piece of science, with good data. It was more like a demonstration. Or, perhaps, an early version of a reality show. I think its impact is more in pop-science than in academia. (But I might be wrong)

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      5. Brian Resnick‏Verified account @B_resnick Jun 13

        But even with studies that are more scientific, we shouldn't be so shocked when the early work looks different upon reexamination. It's how the sausage of science is made.

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      6. Brian Resnick‏Verified account @B_resnick Jun 13

        And it's heartening to know there's a whole lot of social scientists thinking deeply about reforms -- So that the studies of today aren't met with such whiplash 30 years from now (though some certainly will!)

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      7. Brian Resnick‏Verified account @B_resnick Jun 13

        Here's a more heartening tale about an old study being cut down to size. https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/6/6/17413000/marshmallow-test-replication-mischel-psychology … It shows how science ought to be updated.

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      2. Dr Elaine Walker  🌈 🎤 🔥‏ @ariaflame Jun 13
        Replying to @B_resnick

        I remember reading Feynman's 'Surely you're joking Mr Feynman' where he discussed a psychology experiment with another student and suggested repeating the original experiment they were doing a variant of and then changing to make sure it was the thing they were changing.

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      3. Dr Elaine Walker  🌈 🎤 🔥‏ @ariaflame Jun 13
        Replying to @ariaflame @B_resnick

        The student thought it was a great idea but their supervisor told them that this was a waste of time and it had already been done. I hope that the field has more repetition of experiments to confirm results these days. (The story about rats in mazes was also good)

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      2. GinaPerry‏ @GinaPerry Jun 13
        Replying to @B_resnick

        In the case of Stanford Prison, the experiment made a big impact in pop culture too because of the larger-than-ilife persona of Zimbardo, who is a skilful public performer who has maintained control of the narrative until recently.

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      3. Pavel Velkovsky‏ @Pvelkovsky Jun 14
        Replying to @GinaPerry @B_resnick

        Who also wrote intro psych textbooks until recently, right?

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      4. GinaPerry‏ @GinaPerry Jun 14
        Replying to @Pvelkovsky @B_resnick

        Textbooks, TV series too.

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      1. Anne Aulsebrook‏ @AnneAulsebrook Jun 14
        Replying to @B_resnick

        Great article. These issues seem broadly relevant for scientific textbooks, not just in psychology. e.g. My biology textbook in 2009 listed "might cause autism" as a possible downside of vaccines...

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      1. Aybike Mergen‏ @aybikemutluer Jun 13
        Replying to @B_resnick

        Great read. Thank you 😊

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      1. (((myownpetard)))‏ @myownpetard Jun 13
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        really excellebt piece @B_resnick

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      1. Edwin Thwaites‏ @EdwinThwaites Jun 14
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        Science is not the accumulation of knowledge. Science is a process, a methodology, a search for knowledge. Yet people often trumpet the knowledge claimed rather than question the methodology used - and call themselves scientists.

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      2. Herzog‏ @AdvocaatBroeke Jun 13
        Replying to @B_resnick @scottsantens

        How come that people are being totured in prisons? Are the torturers just friendly people with no capacity to harm.

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      3. (((Robert Lees-Miller)))‏ @RGLeesMiller Jun 14
        Replying to @AdvocaatBroeke @B_resnick @scottsantens

        No, what the Stanford Prison Experiment shows is that if you set up a system where people are directed, permitted, and expected to abuse and harm, they will either quit or comply. Whether the people are good or bad is irrelevant if the environment is made to be harmful.

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      4. Herzog‏ @AdvocaatBroeke Jun 15
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        So the tortures are to excused?

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      5. (((Robert Lees-Miller)))‏ @RGLeesMiller Jun 15
        Replying to @AdvocaatBroeke @B_resnick @scottsantens

        No, but we can't let the blame end at them. They committed crimes, but did not do so because they are good or evil. Ending there lets system off the hook, which is the actual problem.

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      6. Herzog‏ @AdvocaatBroeke Jun 15
        Replying to @RGLeesMiller @B_resnick @scottsantens

        Well is not that a bit too much of taking away one's own responsibility by blaming something or somebody else?

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      7. (((Robert Lees-Miller)))‏ @RGLeesMiller Jun 16
        Replying to @AdvocaatBroeke @B_resnick @scottsantens

        Why? If the system is in part responsible, why are you taking away its responsibility by blaming someone else?

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