Strategies for Replication Research Exemplified by Replications of the Istomina Study

Holding in Mind Conflicting Information: Pretending, Working Memory, and Executive Control

“…However, at the end of the trial, children are reminded that the task involves a memory test and may approach the second trial in a different way. The proposal that children handle identities separately during spontaneous ''play'' episodes, but may make more of an effort to link them when they know a memory test will follow, is consistent with a more general finding in the memory strategies literature that, when preschoolers are asked to recall, they engage in different processes than when they are not asked to do so (see a review by Reese, 1999).…”

What Can Replication Research Tell Us About the Historical Development of Mental Functions?: P. I. Zinchenko's (1939) Case Revisited

“…The two replications by Istomina in the 1980s led to a series of subsequent attempts at replicating Istomina's study in the West: see Newman (1990), Schneider and Hasselhorn (1994), Oyen and Bebko (1996), and Mistry, Rogoff and Hermann (2001). This sequence of replication studies was discussed at considerable length by Folds-Bennett (1994) and Reese (1999). Typically, the motivations for these replications included "correcting perceived shortcomings in the original study, investigating the generality of previous results, and resolving inconsistencies of previous results with later results or theories" (Reese, 1999).…”

“…This sequence of replication studies was discussed at considerable length by Folds-Bennett (1994) and Reese (1999). Typically, the motivations for these replications included "correcting perceived shortcomings in the original study, investigating the generality of previous results, and resolving inconsistencies of previous results with later results or theories" (Reese, 1999).…”

The Philosophical Foundations of Prescriptive Statements and Statistical Inference

“…The answer depends on what we want to find out in the replication. Reese (1999) argued that if the purpose of replication is to test a theory, the methods used in the replication study should be consistent with the theory but could be different from those in the original study; if the purpose of replication is to confirm the original results, the methods in the original studies should be copied as closely as possible and use the conditions in the original study as control for new or modified conditions. Researchers interested in conducting a replication study should choose a strategy based on their purposes, the resources at their disposal and, more importantly, the theoretical framework they are working with.…”