Researchers have fixed a number of papers after mistakenly reporting that people who hold conservative political beliefs are more likely to exhibit traits associated with psychoticism, such as authoritarianism and tough-mindedness.
As one of the notices specifies, now it appears that liberal political beliefs are linked with psychoticism. That paper also swapped ideologies when reporting on people higher in neuroticism and social desirability (falsely claiming that you have socially desirable qualities); the original paper said those traits are linked with liberal beliefs, but they are more common among people with conservative values.
Maybe it’s a clever way to find out political bias in academy. Write two papers claiming that one or the other side of the political spectrum is scientifically linked to insanity, submit both papers to random journals, and see which version becomes the official academic “truth”.
Just kidding, but it would be an awesome experiment.
Oh, dear. Psychology, can you please get your act together and stop being an embarrassing mess?
Is this some kind of meta-psychological experiment? At least let’s hope it is...
If it is, it’s about gullibility, isn’t it? X-/
Maybe it’s a clever way to find out political bias in academy. Write two papers claiming that one or the other side of the political spectrum is scientifically linked to insanity, submit both papers to random journals, and see which version becomes the official academic “truth”.
Just kidding, but it would be an awesome experiment.