[Rick Marken 2018-05-13_13:00:00]
Dear CSGers,
WM: I have a request. On Monday (tomorrow), the Review of General Psychology will publish online an article by myself and Vyv Huddy that claims PCT, and itâs unique associated methodology, can reverse the replication crisis in psychology. This crisis is something Bill predicted decades ago due to the way theories are specified and research in conducted in psychology, neuroscience and the wider behavioural and social sciences.
WM: I have got a companion piece to the article coming out in theconversation.com probably on Tuesday. To get on this site we needed to get a pitch accepted and with it a science journalist who co-edits the article.
WM: As you can imagine I will be tweeting about it too.
RM: I don’t know anything about tweeting except that I get them and a few people I respect do it. Will I be getting your tweets? And if so, what should I do about them?
WM: So, Iâd like to get as much debate, discussion and âchatterâ going on about that article as possible next week. I hope this could be another opportunity for more people to know what PCT is really about, and itâs range of advantages compared to the status quo in science.
RM: Where do we chatter? I, of course, have some serious misgivings about that paper so I do want to get involved in the chatter.
WM: If you can think of a way to contribute to the chatter next week with your own contacts, please do!
RM: I’ll copy this to my huge network of contact (intentionally singular;-)
Best
Rick
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From: Boris Hartman boris.hartman@masicom.net
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2018 10:40 PM
To: ‘rsmarken@gmail.com’ rsmarken@gmail.com
Subject: RE: Request - upcoming key article on PCT
Hi Warren,
It’s promisimg.
WM : We explain how this shift can be made within a single frameworkperceptual contrrol theory (PCT)that regards behavior as the control of perceptual input.
HB : I hope you’ll really present “control of input” not “Control of behavior”. I hope you will not let Rick to participate with his RCT. Try to convince him that he should present PCT.
Boris
From: Richard Marken (rsmarken@gmail.com via csgnet Mailing List) csgnet@lists.illinois.edu
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2018 10:01 PM
To: csgnet@lists.illinois.edu
Subject: Re: Request - upcoming key article on PCT
On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 12:32 AM, Warren Mansell csgnet@lists.illinois.edu wrote:
I have attached the abstract below. You guys get an early read. If you email me on my personal email I can send you a pdf proof to read for yourself ahead of tomorrow but please donât circulate it.
PS thanks to those of you who advised us on this article over the last three years and the âanonymousâ reviewers, one of whom contributed hugely to the argument and structure
Here it is:
The Assessment and Modeling of Perceptual Control: A Transformation in Research Methodology to Address the Replication Crisis
Replication in the behavioral sciences is a matter of considerable debate. We describe a series of fundamental interrelated conceptual and methodological issues with current research that undermine replication and we explain how they could be addressed. Conceptually, we need a shift (a) from verbally described theories to mathematically specified theories, (b) from lineal stimulus-cognition-response theories to closed-loop theories that model behavior as feeding back to sensory input via the environment, and (c) from theories that âchunkâ? responses to theories that acknowledge the continuous, dynamic nature of behavior. A closely related shift in methodology would involve studies that attempt to model each individualâs performance as a continuous and dynamic activity within a closed-loop process. We explain how this shift can be made within a single frameworkpercceptual control theory (PCT)that regards behavior as the control off perceptual input. We report evidence of multiple replication using this approach within visual tracking, and go on to demonstrate in practical research terms how the same overarching principle can guide research across diverse domains of psychology and the behavioral sciences, promoting their coherent integration. We describe ways to address current challenges to this approach and provide recommendations for how researchers can manage the transition.
Kind Regards,
Warren
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Richard S. Marken
"Perfection is achieved not when you have nothing more to add, but when you
have nothing left to take away.â?
–Antoine de Saint-Exupery