Are Psychology Valid

Are psychology research findings valid?
I returned to school in the early 2000’s to change careers for one last time and revisit by interest in psychology. Planning on getting post graduate degrees, it was advised that I return and take the psychology undergraduate requirements again, as things had changed significantly in the field since the late 60 and early 70’s that had been the setting of my last foray. Being more mature, and experienced in administration and management, a few of my professors encouraged me to assist them in studies they were conducting. This was both flattering and interesting and my early inclination was to directly pursue a PhD after completing the undergraduate requirements. I worked on studies assessing efficacy

Not a new concern, it has been discussed for years that study findings many not truly represent things as they are in many fields. In 2005, John Loannidis wrote an article, for the Public Library of Science (PLOS) titled “Why most current research findings are false.” In this 2005 article, Loannidis defined many of the problems that have been validated as impactful. From his perspective, there are problems in both power and bias. Correlating smaller sample with effect size errors, greater number of variables studied, as well as the possibility of financial and political rewards for concentric findings , he also noted that the more current and “hot” the field, the more likely that significance will be found. He continues that research finding are often the result of the prevailing bias of the

None-the-less, he also recognizes the value of hypothesis testing without high pre-study odds. In 2012, Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman used strongly worded admonitions that to restore credibility, scientists need to create a replication ring. He specifically referenced the inability of new research to validate priming effects. To address what he terms significant credibility issues, Kahneman has proffered the idea that social psychologist create a “daisy chain” of replications being extremely careful to detail all experimental procedures and protocols (Yong,