A Speculative Theory of Replication Failures in Social Psychology: The Empty-Self Metaphor
Klein, J. W., & Swann, W. B., Jr. (2026). Social psychology’s empty-self metaphor and the replication crisis. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 21(2), 138–153. https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916251401849. Klein and Swann (2026) offer an interesting diagnosis of the replication crisis, but the evidence does not support the strength of their theoretical interpretation. Their central empirical observation is striking. They … Continue reading A Speculative Theory of Replication Failures in Social Psychology: The Empty-Self Metaphor → The post A Speculative Theory of Replication…
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