Weathering a political storm: A contextual perspective on a psychological research controversy.

Garrison, Ellen; Kobor, Patricia Clem

doi:10.1037/0003-066x.57.3.165

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“…More strikingly, recent reactions to Rind, Tromovitch, and Bauserman's (1998) meta-analysis of child sexual abuse have brought to light the complex relations among science, the media, and politics (Albee, 2002). In particular, Garrison and Kobor (2002) asserted that the conservative press lambasted the findings of Rind et al, whereas the liberal press generally supported them.…”

Section: Political Bias In the Mediamentioning

confidence: 93%

The Correlates and Consequences of Newspaper Reports of Research on Sex Differences

2004

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Correlates and consequences of newspaper accounts of research on sex differences were examined. In Study 1, articles from high-circulation newspapers were coded for the degree to which biological factors were used to explain sex differences. Results showed that political conservatism and traditional attitudes toward gender roles coded from other newspaper sections predicted greater use of biological explanations than did political liberalism and less traditional attitudes toward gender roles. In Studies 2 and 3, participants read a fictional newspaper article reporting research on a gender difference that cited either biological or sociocultural factors as explaining the difference. Results showed that exposure to biological explanations significantly increased participants' endorsement of gender stereotypes. Moreover, exposure to social explanations significantly increased participants' belief in the mutability of human behavior. Together, these studies show that political ideology influences how the popular press reports research findings and that such reporting in turn affects readers' beliefs and attitudes.

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Section: Political Bias In the Mediamentioning

confidence: 93%

The Correlates and Consequences of Newspaper Reports of Research on Sex Differences

2004

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“…Garrison & Kobor, 2002;Sommer, 2006). Even bloggers and editorialists themselves rely on secondary summaries, and such presentations in newspapers and other media may have a powerful impact on the public's psychological assumptions (cf.…”

Section: Willamette Universitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Naturalistic Fallacy Errors and Behavioral Science News: The Effects of Editorial Content and Cautions on Readers' Moral Inferences and Perceptions of Contributors

Friedrich

2010

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

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“…More recently, there was intense high-profile media attention on an article about child abuse published by Rind, Tromovitch, and Bauserman (1998) in the Psychological Bulletin. This incident reinforced clearly the pressures put on psychology by societal expectations with respect to psychology's role in public policy and the necessity for psychologists and their organizations to be aware of the effects of what they do (Albee, 2002;Garrison & Kobor, 2002;Lilienfeld, 2002).…”

Section: Academic Communities and Academic Psychologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In these circumstances, one needs to discern the limits of one's role as an academic psychologist. Prudence seems particularly important when one is doing research that has policy implications and is likely to cause popular attention; for example, studies in areas such as family conflict, divorce, child rearing, intelligence, psychotherapy, and the like (see, e.g., Albee, 2002;Garrison & Kobor, 2002;Lilienfeld, 2002). The results need to be reported accurately and in ways that do not mislead the public; credibility and sensitivity are essential here.…”

Section: Prudencementioning

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Possibilities and Challenges for Academic Psychology

Meara

Day

2003

American Behavioral Scientist

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This article focuses on explicitly expanding contemporary definitions of the academic community and its disciplines, in particular academic psychology, to include virtue. The academy benefits from the civic trust; thus, it has moral obligations to serve the public with integrity and respect. This article places academic psychology in this larger context of the academy and uses the metaphor of the academic conversation for describing tensions between coherence and uncertainty indicative of academic life. Four major virtues of academic psychology that derive from its goals, practices, and distinguishing features are suggested: the self-regarding virtues of prudence and integrity and the other-regarding virtues of respectfulness and benevolence. Several challenges to achieving a virtuous academic psychology are presented. The ideas in this article are not meant to be definitive but rather are intended to provoke further conversation about these matters and their helpfulness in enhancing competent psychological research, instruction, practice, and policy making.Professions and professional communities, as we understand them in this country, are intellectual and moral endeavors that provide needed services to others. Professionals complete significant educational and training requirements and have competence and skills based on theoretical, empirical, experiential, and historical knowledge. Society supports its professions because it values the services they offer. In return for that support it expects that professionals will adhere to an exemplary code of conduct, observe fiduciary relationships with their clients as well as with the community at large, and act beyond their own self-interest. In addition, professions in the United States are self-regulating and they develop professional societies and other formal and informal communities to promote their interests, improve their expertise, provide collegial relationships, and better serve the public. 459 The academic profession or community is composed of multiple disciplines. It is bound together by commitments to original scholarship, agreed-on (albeit diverse) methods for the discovery of knowledge, strategies for sound instruction, and citizenship or service, both to one's college or university and to one's discipline. A metaphor that illustrates the coherence and uncertainty of the academy and its core activities is the academic conversation, that is, the open and free exchange of ideas, based on original, competent scholarship. Often, academics come to such conversations with commitment, conviction, and passion as well as intellect, theory, and information. We bring as well our own schemas or perspectives; critical interpersonal and social conversational skills such as attentiveness, persuasiveness, and analytical ability; and a thorough grounding in the methods of our discipline, be they empirical, rational, or mystical. Perhaps the most essential qualities that gifted academics bring to and take from these multiple ongoing conversations are intellectual en...

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Weathering a political storm: A contextual perspective on a psychological research controversy.

Cited by 28 publications

References 9 publications

The Correlates and Consequences of Newspaper Reports of Research on Sex Differences

The Correlates and Consequences of Newspaper Reports of Research on Sex Differences

Naturalistic Fallacy Errors and Behavioral Science News: The Effects of Editorial Content and Cautions on Readers' Moral Inferences and Perceptions of Contributors

Possibilities and Challenges for Academic Psychology

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