| Abstract: | Comments on R. Sommers and B. A. Sommers's (see record 1984-10654-001) suggestions that only the contents of refereed journals are worthy of presentation in support of arguments in textbooks and that built-in replication will be a panacea for spurious research findings in psychology. It is noted that many new ideas and new kinds of research are frequently unacceptable to the scientific establishment of the time and that respected journals are replete with technically precise but ill-conceived and soon-forgotten articles. A more honest and open recognition within the discipline that psychology is not an exact science and appropriate research guidelines and practices are advocated. (3 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
