Abstract
The Journal of European Psychology Students (JEPS) is an open-access, double-blind, peer-reviewed journal for psychology students worldwide. JEPS is run by highly motivated European psychology students and has been publishing since 2009. By ensuring that authors are always provided with extensive feedback, JEPS gives psychology students the chance to gain experience in publishing and to improve their scientific skills. Furthermore, JEPS provides students with the opportunity to share their research and to take a first step toward a scientific career.Submissions are welcomed at any time.Register to submit your work online.Visit our blog - JEPS Bulletin - for tips on writing and more.
Highlights
More than 50 years ago, Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968) published the first study on the Pygmalion effect, showing that teachers' positive expectations of students' performance result in an increase in students' IQ points compared to students for whom no additional expectations were formed
Large-scale replication studies have raised concerns regarding the reproducibility of research in psychology, and issues resembling the controversy over the Pygmalion effect have been widely discussed (Baker, 2016; Calin-Jageman, 2018; Fanelli, 2018; Open Science Collaboration, 2015)
The current debate on reproducibility in psychology originated from a variety of reports indicating that results cannot be directly replicated (Baker, 2016; Open Science Collaboration, 2015)
Summary
Reproducibility is considered a defining feature of science: Trust in scientific discovery and progress are argued to depend on the ability to reproduce previous results. Recent large-scale replication studies have spurred debate on the reproducibility of scientific findings and suggested that psychology is facing a crisis. The reproducibility of results has been related to current publication practices, which favor sensational and statistically significant results over replication studies. This skewed incentive system may encourage researchers to engage in questionable research practices, thereby distorting the psychological literature. As well as potential measures to improve the reproducibility of results, such as preregistered reports, replication studies, and open science, are discussed
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