Is social psychology self-correcting?
Social psychology has not self-corrected political bias. No hiring or journal fixes exist; “science is self-correcting” assumes machinery never built.
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Heterodox Academy
Heterodox Academy launches against one-ideology academia. Social science needs non-leftists and apolitical scientists so review can catch embedded values.
Read Article →Call for examples of politically-biased research
Wanted: social-science studies that bake ideology into measures. Caricature scales like RWA and SDO, rarely endorsed yet tied to conservatives, qualify.
Read Article →Scientific American column on Duarte et al
Valdesolo covers the BBS paper well. Openness and RWA scales encode urban-left taste; conservatives rarely endorse the cartoon items treated as “high.”
Read Article →I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my perceived political views: reflections of a sellout; how diversity would strengthen social science (Updated)
A PhD program rejected the author after a Jimmy Carter critique. Viewpoint discrimination harms validity; social science needs heterodox voices.
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