PSYC19H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Replication Crisis, Ego Depletion, Publication Bias
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Psyc19: lecture 2 replication crisis & importance of self-control. A lot of studies however have no be replicated, not replicated at a rate that is desirable. Science is based on independent replications if not replicated results could be an accident. Gray area for room analyzing data (p-hacking reanalyzing till you get significant results). Science is not robust if it cannot be replicated: example 1: priming elderly concepts affects walking speed college students primed with words like old" florida bingo gray wrinkle . If you saw more words like that college students were more likely to slow down than those who didn"t see words that related to the elderly. Priming affects your mind and affects your physical behaviour. However, in 2011, researchers replicated this study and they couldn"t get the same results and in the third attempt, study only words if the experimenter has an idea and through demand characteristics inadvertently influenced the participants to slow down.
