Re:If you think psychological science is bad, imagine how ba...
by derbOac on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @02:55PM
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I agree with you mostly, but it's worth noting that modern meta-science had its blossoming in psychology in the 1960s, with the development of meta-analysis (with educational psychology and clinical psychology). Technically the origins are much earlier, in the 30s(?) in statistics, but as a field I think it took off around that time, and spread.
Similarly, the replication crisis was being discussed in a lot of areas, especially in psychology, throughout this time, but was largely ignored until after the Bem ESP study. Registered replications aren't new, nor is concern about meta-science; it's just had renewed focus in recent years for various reasons.
It's not all that surprising to me that meta-science is associated with psychology. After all, not only is psychology often sort of fuzzy (by necessity of its subject matter), but it's the science of human behavior, which I think can lay claim to scientist behavior as well.
I think it's arguably the greatest contribution of psychology to the sciences in general.
Similarly, the replication crisis was being discussed in a lot of areas, especially in psychology, throughout this time, but was largely ignored until after the Bem ESP study. Registered replications aren't new, nor is concern about meta-science; it's just had renewed focus in recent years for various reasons.
It's not all that surprising to me that meta-science is associated with psychology. After all, not only is psychology often sort of fuzzy (by necessity of its subject matter), but it's the science of human behavior, which I think can lay claim to scientist behavior as well.
I think it's arguably the greatest contribution of psychology to the sciences in general.