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Motivation in Social Contexts: Theory and Practice
The upcoming conference Motivation in Social Contexts: Theory and Practice, to be held June 29 –July 2, 2013, in Krakow, Poland. The conference will be jointly sponsored by Jagiellonian University, the University of Gadansk and
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NITOP January 2014: There Is Still Time to Register!
Registration is still open as of November 20, 2013, for the 36th Annual National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, January 3–6, 2014, at the TradeWinds Island Grand Resort in St. Pete Beach, Florida. For
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Use Big Samples Online to Increase Replicability
Hostess Brands — makers of Wonder Bread, Twinkies, Ding Dongs, and other products — recently filed for bankruptcy. There are many complex reasons the company ran into trouble, but there is also an obvious one
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Perspectives Issue on Replication Free to All
The November 2012 issue of Perspectives on Psychological Science is dedicated to the topics of replicability and research practices. This special issue received over 215,000 downloads in its first 3 weeks online. APS and SAGE
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Big Data Has Left the Station
President’s Note: A big difference in the academy today compared with the academy we knew 25 years ago is the emergence of interdisciplinary approaches to research and scholarship. While there are a number of reasons
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Derailed: The Rise and Fall of Diederik Stapel
Diederik Stapel fabricated data for over 50 peer-reviewed articles, many of which were published in leading journals, including Science. He has now published Ontsporing (Derailed), a 315-page autobiography that provides a fascinating tale of the
