{"title":"Applied research is the path to legitimacy in psychological science","authors":"Judith P. Andersen","doi":"10.1038/s44159-024-00388-9","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Psychology is founded on studies that claim generalizability despite being conducted in artificial settings with non-representative samples. The failure to test the robustness of scientific findings in applied settings casts doubt on the legitimacy of psychology.","PeriodicalId":74249,"journal":{"name":"Nature reviews psychology","volume":"4 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":16.8000,"publicationDate":"2024-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nature reviews psychology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s44159-024-00388-9","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Psychology is founded on studies that claim generalizability despite being conducted in artificial settings with non-representative samples. The failure to test the robustness of scientific findings in applied settings casts doubt on the legitimacy of psychology.