Social Psychologists’ Critiques Regarding the Practices, Priorities, and Attitudes of the Reform Movement

Hoß, Larissa Eleonore (2022) Social Psychologists’ Critiques Regarding the Practices, Priorities, and Attitudes of the Reform Movement. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.

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Abstract

In the last decade, several large-scale replication projects have found relatively low replication rates in psychology, particularly in the subfield of social psychology. This has made many question the validity of much of the published literature. In response to this so-called replication crisis, different groups of people have been advocating for reforms to scientific practices and norms. However, there has been considerable disagreement and polarization regarding which issues and solutions should be given prioritization when it comes to solving this crisis. In this pilot project, we surveyed social psychologists regarding their opinions on the replication crisis, proposed reforms and the reform movement. The thematic analysis of our open questions revealed that respondents would prefer less condescending tones in reform debates. They also advocated for an increased focus on theory development and the systemic issues underlying the crisis. Quantitative analyses of ranking tasks supported that respondents perceive differences between their own priorities and those of the reform movement. However, due to the pilot nature of the study, we were only able to draw tentative conclusions about these trends. A larger study implementing the feedback that we received regarding the structure and content of our survey is required to make stronger conclusions. Keywords: Replication Crisis, Reform Movement, Social Psychology, Open science, Tone Debate, Theory development

Item Type:	Thesis (Bachelor)
Supervisor name:	Hoek, J.M.
Degree programme:	Psychology
Differentiation route:	Other [Bachelor Psychology]
Date Deposited:	25 Feb 2022 10:18
Last Modified:	25 Feb 2022 10:18
URI:	http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/234

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