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Additional requirements for a balanced social psychology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2004

Siu L. Chow
Siu L. Chow*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canadahttp://uregina.ca/chowsl
*
Siu.Chow@uregina.ca
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Abstract:

Ambiguous data obtained by deception say nothing about social behavior. A balanced social psychology requires separating statistical hypotheses from substantive hypotheses. Neither statistical norms nor moral rules are psychological theories. Explanatory substantive theories stipulate the structures and processes underlying behavior. The Bayesian approach is incompatible with the requirement that all to-be-tested theories be given the benefit of the doubt.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , June 2004 , pp. 329 - 331
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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