A5058344850- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Wikis in Education and Collaboration
- Research Data Management Practices
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Open Education and E-Learning
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Categorization, perception, and language
University of Birmingham
2020-2024
University of Aberdeen
2019
The dominant belief is that science progresses by testing theories and moving towards theoretical consensus. While it’s implicitly assumed psychology operates in this manner, critical discussions claim the field suffers from a lack of cumulative theory. To examine paradox, we analysed research published Psychological Science 2009-2019 (N = 2,225). We found mention 359 in-text, most were referred to only once. Only 53.66% all manuscripts included word theory, 15.33% explicitly test...
Existing methods for studying individual differences in adults’ mindreading often lack good psychometric characteristics. Moreover, it remains unclear, even theory, how varies adults who already possess an understanding of mental states. In this pre-registered study, was hypothesised that vary their motivation and the degree to which answers on tasks are appropriate (context-sensitive). These factors confounded existing measures as they do not differentiate between frequency state terms...