Without more theory, psychology will be a headless rider.
Witold M HenselMarcin MiłkowskiPrzemysław NowakowskiPublished in: The Behavioral and brain sciences (2022)
We argue that Yarkoni's proposed solutions to the generalizability crisis are half-measures because he does not recognize that the crisis arises from investigators' underappreciation of the roles of theory in experimental research. Rather than embracing qualitative analysis, the research community should make an effort to develop better theories and work toward consistently incorporating theoretical results into experimental practice.