scholarly journals A Template for Preregistration of Quantitative Research in Psychology: Report of the Joint Psychological Societies Preregistration Task Force

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Bosnjak ◽  
Christian Fiebach ◽  
David Thomas Mellor ◽  
Stefanie Mueller ◽  
Daryl Brian O'Connor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Task Force ◽  
American Psychological Association ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Open Science ◽  
American Psychological ◽  
Psychological Science ◽  
British Psychological Society ◽  
Research Findings

Recent years have seen dramatic changes in research practices in psychological science. In particular, preregistration of study plans prior to conducting a study has been identified as an important tool to help increase the transparency of science and to improve the robustness of psychological research findings. This article presents the Psychological Research Preregistration-Quantitative (PRP-QUANT) Template produced by a Joint Psychological Societies Preregistration Task Force consisting of the American Psychological Association (APA), British Psychological Society (BPS) and German Psychological Society (DGPs), supported by the Center for Open Science (COS) and the Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID). The goal of the Task Force was to provide the psychological community with a consensus template for the preregistration of quantitative research in psychology, one with wide coverage and the ability, if necessary, to adapt to specific journals, disciplines and researcher needs. This article covers the structure and use of the PRP-QUANT template, while outlining and discussing the benefits of its use for researchers, authors, funders and other relevant stakeholders. We hope that by introducing this template and by demonstrating the support of preregistration by major academic psychological societies, we will facilitate an increase in preregistration practices and thereby also the further advancement of transparency and knowledge-sharing in the psychological sciences.

Gender Biases in Textbooks for Introductory Psychology and Human Development

1992 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharyl Bender Peterson ◽  
Traci Kroner
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Task Force ◽  
American Psychological Association ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Introductory Psychology ◽  
Gender Biases ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
And Gender ◽  
And Behavior

Because of spreading concerns about gender stereotypes in textbooks, in 1975 an American Psychological Association Task Force recommended changes in the type of language that should be used to report research findings and in the type of information that should be included in reports of psychological research. These recommendations also applied to the presentation of psychological information in textbooks. Studies in the subsequent 7 years indicated some decrease in the use of sex-stereotyped language and some decrease in gender-biased content. Researchers typically concluded, however, that although some improvements had occurred, gender biases and stereotypes still occurred in texts. The present study reports an extensive content analysis of current textbooks for introductory psychology and human development courses. Representation of the work, theory, and behavior of males continues to significantly exceed the representation of the work, theory, and behavior of females, and females continue to be portrayed in negative and gender-biased ways.

American Psychological Association Division of Family Psychology Task Force On Planning Report, Fall 1992

1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald F. Levant ◽  
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James Bray ◽  
Ed Bourg ◽  
Irene Deitch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Task Force ◽  
American Psychological Association ◽  
American Psychological ◽  
Family Psychology

Overview

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Brian H. Bornstein ◽  
Jeffrey S. Neuschatz
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Psychology ◽  
American Psychological Association ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Applied Psychology ◽  
American Psychological ◽  
Law And Psychology ◽  
Contemporary Work

Psychology was a relatively young science when Münsterberg published On the Witness Stand, and efforts to apply psychological principles to legal issues were not much older. Law and psychology take very different epistemological approaches, and the threads of the two disciplines have come together and diverged over the years. This chapter includes a brief biography of Münsterberg and a summary of other contemporary work that addressed legal issues. The chapter also introduces important contrasts that have been central to the field since Münsterberg’s day. Of particular note, Münsterberg conducted basic psychological research but is also considered a pioneer in the field of applied psychology, albeit at times an ambivalent one; and current tensions between clinical and experimental psychology date back to his day and the early years of the American Psychological Association.

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