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Experiments make a good breakfast, but a poor supper.

Jolanda JettenHema Preya SelvanathanCharlie R CrimstonSarah V BentleyS Alexander Haslam
Published in: The Behavioral and brain sciences (2022)
Cesario's analysis has three key flaws. First, the focus on whether an effect is "real" (an "effects flaw") overlooks the importance of theory testing. Second, obsession with effects (a "fetishization flaw") sidelines theoretically informed questions about when and why an effect may arise. Third, failure to take stock of cultural and historical context (a "decontextualization flaw") strips findings of meaning.
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