Psychology research. Psychology's bold initiative.
Psychology research. Psychology's bold initiative.
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心理学研究。
作者：
Siri J. Carpenter
一些心理学研究者认为，科学文化过于倾向于新的和违反直觉的想法，而不是对现有结果的确认，这导致了太多的发现，这些发现因其新奇而引人注目，并发表在受人尊敬的期刊上，但仍然是错误的。一个新的在线网站（PsychFileDrawer.org）允许心理学家发布实验的重复结果-无论他们成功与否-通常不会离开他们的文件抽屉，因为大多数期刊拒绝发表直接的重复研究。一个由50多名学术心理学家组成的组织，自称为开放科学合作组织，已经开始了一个前所未有的大规模项目，系统地复制最近发表在领先期刊上的心理学实验。一些研究人员乐观地认为，许多已发表的研究结果将被复制。但其他人担心，如果该项目证实了一些研究，它可能不公平地起诉心理学。事实上，揭露心理学弱点的前景让一些科学家感到不安。
Some psychology researchers argue that a scientific culture that too heavily favors new and counterintuitive ideas over the confirmation of existing results has led to too many findings that are striking for their novelty and published in respected journals—but are nonetheless false. A new online site (PsychFileDrawer.org) lets psychologists post results of replications of experiments—whether they succeed or fail—that would ordinarily never leave their file drawer because most journals decline to publish straightforward replication studies. And a group of more than 50 academic psychologists, which calls itself the Open Science Collaboration, has begun an unprecedented, large-scale project to systematically replicate psychological experiments recently published in leading journals. Some researchers are optimistic that many published findings will be replicated. But others are concerned that if the project confirms few studies, it could unfairly indict psychology. Indeed, the prospect of exposing psychology9s foibles has upset some scientists.