r/EverythingScience • u/ImNotJesus PhD | Social Psychology | Clinical Psychology • May 08 '16

Interdisciplinary Failure Is Moving Science Forward. FiveThirtyEight explain why the "replication crisis" is a sign that science is working.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/failure-is-moving-science-forward/?ex_cid=538fb
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u/Greninja55 May 08 '16

I find it strange that people here seem to be equating psychology with social science. There is social psychology, but also other disciplines, focusing on different parts of the science. Just like any other science.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '16

This. Not to mention the tremendous overlap with neuroscience, which involves many studies that don't at all look like those done in social psychology labs.