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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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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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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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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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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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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