The Psychology Replication Crisis: Famous Cognitive Experiments That Failed to Reproduce
By
PaulHoule
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Summary
This article discusses the replication crisis in psychology that emerged in the 2010s, where many famous cognitive psychology experiments failed to be reproduced by independent researchers. It serves as a quick reference guide to these non-replicable studies, highlighting the methodological issues and credibility problems that shook the field of psychology.
Key quotes
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It's called the replication crisis, because labs around the world tried and failed to replicate, in new experiments, previous results published by their original 'discoverers'
In other words, many reported psychology findings couldn't be reproduced by independent researchers
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