The Replication Crisis
Analysis
BBC
4.6 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2018
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Many key findings in psychological research are under question, as the results of some of its most well-known experiments – such as the marshmallow effect, ego depletion, stereotype threat and the Zimbardo Stanford Prison Experiment – have proved difficult or impossible to reproduce. This has affected numerous careers and led to bitter recriminations in the academic community. So can the insights of academic psychology be trusted and what are the implications for us all? Featuring contributions from John Bargh, Susan Fiske, John Ioannidis, Brian Nosek, Stephen Reicher, Diederik Stapel and Simine Vazire. Presenter David Edmonds Producer Ben Cooper
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| 0:41.0 | Hello from Analysis, The Podcast about the ideas behind the news. |
| 0:45.0 | Over the past few years there has been an emerging crisis in many scientific disciplines, including |
| 0:49.9 | psychology. |
| 0:50.9 | David Edmonds investigates what's been called the replication crisis. |
| 0:55.0 | Some of you will be familiar with a few famous results from psychology. |
| 1:03.0 | So there's the marshmallow effect. |
| 1:05.0 | That's delayed gratification. |
| 1:08.0 | Kids are offered the choice between a small reward immediately like a marshmallow |
| 1:12.0 | or two |
| 1:13.3 | small rewards two marshmallows if they waited a short period. |
| 1:17.5 | Follow-up studies showed that those who waited for two marshmallows did better |
| 1:22.1 | on various measures like school grades. |
| 1:25.0 | There's ego depletion. |
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