• Question: what do you dislike about psychology?

    Asked by anon-183773 to Lorna on 13 Nov 2018.
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      Lorna Camus answered on 13 Nov 2018:

      Hi Charlotte!
      To be honest, I am incredibly passionate about Psychology and absolutely love everything about it!
      However, I do dislike it when people with an agenda twist psychological research findings and theories to fit their arguments, especially since this usually happens with more harmful arguments.
      Some people for example try to use psychology to support their ideas about a hierarchy of sexes and genders, often claiming research findings show superiority of one over the other if that makes sense.
      I also dislike more generally when our research is badly reported in the news, making sensationalist claims which the research actually doesn’t make.
      Overall though the field itself is full of wonder and exciting findings, and I find that incredible!

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    Abbie commented on :

    This is a good question! I agree with Lorna that there is so much to like and much less (in fact, little) to dislike. I dislike the issues we are facing now about replication (replication crisis) and faking of study results. But, that is a broader science rather than psychology specific issue. I actually think that as psychologists we are in a good position to handle this issue and take steps to avoid these issues in the future (e.g. by publishing analysis plans ahead of undertaking analyses).