Empirical literacy is the ability to discern ... especially critical when evaluating claims about psychological topics. Psychology research often deals with concepts that are difficult to measure ...

Before I can elaborate this view (which might be called 'deductivism', in contrast to 'inductivism’) I must first make clear the distinction between the psychology of knowledge which deals with ...

Direct and extended replication studies of influential work are encouraged, including direct and extended replications of work published in Communications Psychology. Empirical research can be ...