Why Psychology Needs to Stop Striving for Novelty and How to Move Towards Theory-Driven Research
Psychological science is maturing and therefore transitioning from explorative to theory-driven research. While explorative research seeks to find something “new,” theory-driven research seeks to elaborate on already known and hence predictable effects. A consequence of these differences is that the...
Main Authors: | Juliane Burghardt, Alexander Neil Bodansky |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2021-01-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Psychology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.609802/full |
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