For over one thousand years, the ptolematic model of the universe dominated Western and Islamic astronomy. All that most people remember about the theory (and often only characteristic they ever learned) is that it placed the earth at the center of the universe, with the planets, sun, and moon all orbiting the earth. This is…
I propose a moratorium on new stereotype threat studies until any stereotype threat findings have been shown to replicate.
One of social psychology’s “classic” studies is the Robbers Cave experiment, conducted in the summer of 1954. In that study, 22 white American boys were divided into two teams at an experimental summer camp at Robbers Cave State Park in Oklahoma.
I’m stretching myself this summer by teaching, for the first time ever(!), an introduction to psychology course. This is quite a change for me; for over a decade, I have only taught upper-division or graduate-level courses. Now, I’m teaching students who are early in their college career, and (because the class is a general education…
One of the biggest changes in psychology in recent years is the drop in esteem that social psychology has experienced. Social psychology has gone from an essential component of psychology to being one of psychology’s less relevant subfields in less than 10 years. How did this happen? One major reason is the replication crisis. When…
