Ulpts, Sven (2022) Mapping the Crises Literature in psychology: What is the crisis in psychological science? Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Since 2011 numerous crisis declarations have been circulating in the psychological literature. Claims are ranging from inadequate measurement and statistical practices to overgeneralized conclusions and improper theories. Therefore, the question emerges, what does the currently claimed crisis state in psychological science actually mean? Or in other words what is wrong with psychological research, according to psychological researchers? A second question is whether researchers who see theory, replication or measurement respectively as problematic agree or disagree regarding what else is problematic in the field. To answer these questions in study one themes that are related to the crisis discussion in the literature and are linked to problems in the discipline were extracted from a systematically compiled literature sample. Subsequently, star graphs were constructed that show the occurrence and co-occurrence of identified problems in psychological science to visualize how the crisis state is represented in the literature. The results indicate that there seems to be somewhat of an agreement regarding what is wrong with psychological science. The theme graphs provide us a proxy to see what the crisis state and the replication crisis mean, regarding problems in the discipline. However, study 1 does not allow inferences about which problems are more important or dangerous to the discipline, according to psychological scientists, nor does it provide an accurate representation of what the theory and measurement crisis mean according to the literature. In the second study a crisis state network was created using the APA Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms. Study two illustrates shortcomings in the index and recommends caution when using the index for literature searches and representing concept understandings (meanings).
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Burman, J.T. and Derksen, M. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Reflecting on Psychology (RP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Sep 2022 09:18 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Sep 2022 09:18 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1418 |
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