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Psychology gets a bad rep because a lot of bad science is conducted in the field. It’s rate of reproducibility is among the lowest of all sciences. These are s

• FrustratedMonky 3y ago
  You are to quick to blame bad actors. I don't think that the typical student or professor has so much evil intention for negligence and fraud. These are examples of a 'new' science. Humans are complex and hard to measure, so yes, there are problems with study design, and re-producibility. Because they are working it out. That is because of the field of study, not evil intent, some dark cabal of researchers putting out false data on purpose. If there is some obvious way to solve these problems, then those people should do it. I was going to throw out some sarcastic example from another field. But guess, when I think about it, maybe it does happen. String Theory in Physics is an example of "group think" leading an entire field down the wrong rabbit hole of stuff that is faulty and can't be measured. So guess it can happen anywhere.
  • sandspar 3y ago
    For what it's worth, during my psychology courses in university, I witnessed professors lie to the class, sometimes in response to direct questions. The topics were things that psychology professors would surely know, so I don't think they were simply misinformed.