PT Journal
AU Zitzmann, S
   Loreth, L
TI Regarding an "Almost Anything Goes" Attitude Toward Methods in Psychology
SO Frontiers in psychology
PY 2021
BP 612570
VL 12
PU Frontiers Media SA
DI 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.612570
WP https://macau.uni-kiel.de/receive/macau_mods_00001189
LA en
DE Tolerance; Methodology; Statistics; Respect; Disapproval
SN 1664-1078
AB Our outline points out three aspects of a new
post-modern methodology in psychology: liberal, pluralistic, and
more tolerant: liberal because it rejects rules that are too strict
in favor of more freedom in the choice of method, pluralistic
because it conveys an “almost anything goes” attitude toward
methods, and more tolerant because mutual tolerance among
researchers is vital for a pluralism of methods. Psychological
phenomena are complex and can best be understood by using
different methods. However,
to get things working, tolerance must actively be lived. Of course,
much depends on our own willingness as researchers but also on
the system’s arrangements. Psychology could be more colorful,
and we could all have more fun if we were to be more committed
to such a methodology.
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