Moral Overreach and Ethical Failure in Setting Psychological Research Standards

This week we are joined by Prof Roger Giner-Sorolla to discuss questions in research methods in Psychology

Recent discussions about research methods and reporting reform in psychology have often taken on a moralised tone.

In this talk Prof Giner-Sorolla will argue that any appeal to morality needs to be well-informed about the potential contradictions in open and robust standards, showing a number of examples in which simplistic application leads reformers astray. He will also analyse the apparent moral failure to translate decades-old APA policy about ethical results reporting into workable, enforced journal policy, and point to some recent apparent successes.

Instead of easy heuristics or unrealistic standards Prof Giner-Sorolla advocate a focus on actionable changes that maximise the credibility of research.