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Four reasons why the science of psychology is still in trouble

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 1998

Kim J. Vicente
Kim J. Vicente
Affiliation:
Cognitive Engineering Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G8, Canadabenfica@mie.utoronto.ca www.ie.utoronto.ca/IE/HF/kim/home.html
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Abstract

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Chow's monograph exhibits four prototypical symptoms of psychology's enduring scientific crisis: (a) it equates empirical science with statistical analysis; (b) it settles for qualitative rather than quantitative theories; (c) it ignores the role of ecological validity in the generalizability of theories; and (d) it puts rigid adherence to arbitrary but documentable rules over critical thinking about the meaning of results.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , April 1998 , pp. 224 - 225
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© 1998 Cambridge University Press