Psychology Today

The dysfunctions in psychological science go way beyond replication

Psychological science is a mess. How bad of a mess? No one knows. Here is the actual syllabus for my undergraduate course, The Psychology of Scientific Integrity.

Racial differences in achievement are large, "microaggressions" have been weaponized, humility and forgiveness without witch hunts, and a correction.

"Affirmative action" does not require preferential selection (and is NOT color blind); protests calling for quotas are especially misguided.

Racial and gender gaps are everywhere. So are social class gaps, political gaps, and all sorts of other gaps. Does discrimination cause all gaps? (Spoiler: Probably not)

Social psychology is riddled with failures to replicate and, possibly, questionable research practices. How bad is it?

Some sex differences (as quantitative mean differences, just like in experiments) in social and psychological life will continue as long as we remain human.

Social justice, trigger warnings, microagressions -- mounting threats to freedom of speech on campuses and elsewhere

A guest post by a female physicist argues against discrimination as the sole factor producing a gender gap in STEM and for scientific work practices that support raising families.

If you want to be accepted by mainstream, contemporary feminism, you must identify as pro-choice, reject the reality of innate or biologically based gender differences or the concept of human nature, condemn traditional relationships and family dynamics, and subscribe to specific avenues for achieving gender equality and justice.

Are scientific claims of sexism in science overstated?

A frank discussion about the existence of sexism and other biases distorting social psychology and STEM fields.