On the empirical (theory-lacking) state of psychology.. "We don’t have much in the way of scientific theory in psychology...There are fields of theoretical physics, theoretical biology...while there is no parallel field of theoretical psychology." (2013) http://osc.centerforopenscience.org/2013/11/20/theoretical-amnesia/ …
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Replying to @NicoleBarbaro
get it, but progressive/generative theories notentirelyabsent...off top head evopsy theories: Natural Selection, Sexual Selection, Kin Selection, Reciprocal Altruism, Parental Investment, Parent-Offspring Conflict, Life History, Attachment, Sexual Strategies, Strategic Pluralism
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Replying to @PsychoSchmitt @NicoleBarbaro
some hierarchy to theories, of course, but still...not absent nor stagnant in evo psy...from Ketelaar, T., & Ellis, B. J. (2000). Are evolutionary explanations unfalsifiable? Evolutionary psychology and the Lakatosian philosophy of science. Psychological Inquiry, 11(1), 1-21.pic.twitter.com/7HBw6fbRuS
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Replying to @PsychoSchmitt
Agreed! That is why proper training in evo bio should be required in psych programs—it generates precise theories for psych. The field as a whole, however, is lacking precise, falsifiable theory.
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The article was primarily focused on the social/personality field of psych.
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