Ideal partner preferences (i.e., ratings of the desirability of attributes like attractiveness or intelligence) are the source of numerous foundational findings in the interdisciplinary literature on human mating. Recently, research on the predictive validity of ideal partner preference matching (i.e., Do people positively evaluate partners who match vs. mismatch their ideals?) has become mired in several probl...
Background Mental imagery has long been used in psychological therapies, but only recently did research begin to provide a scientific background for it. Imagery interventions are inexpensive and a substantial body of research supports their effectiveness on anxiety reduction, behavior change, promotion of health outcomes, and adherence to medical interventions, in both adults and children. However, literature o...
Este capítulo visa enquadrar a ciência aberta como movimento global e realçar a importância da partilha de dados e materiais digitais para a transparência e reprodutibilidade científica. Apresentam-se as principais categorias de dados e materiais passíveis de partilha em acesso aberto e fornecem-se recomendações para boas práticas de partilha e documentação de acordo com os princípios FAIR. O capítulo explora a...
Introduction The growing need for societies to adopt a more ecological and sustainable mindset highlights the importance of instruments such as the 15-item New Ecological Paradigm Scale (NEP Scale). The scale measures the individuals’ endorsement of an ecological worldview, contrasting with the perspective of human dominance and exemptionalism. Objective This study aimed to validate the European Portuguese vers...
Previous research has studied the extent to which men are the default members of social groups in terms of memory, categorization, and stereotyping, but not attitudes which is critical because of attitudes’ relationship to behavior. Results from our survey (N > 5000) collected via a globally distributed laboratory network in over 40 regions demonstrated that attitudes toward Black people and politicians had a s...
Large Language Models (LLMs) are democratising access to AI for users with diverse levels of expertise, raising questions about the nature, dynamics, and effects of such interactions, particularly among lay users. Understanding how non-expert users engage with these systems is essential to inform AI literacy frameworks and responsible use guidelines, helping to reduce misinformation and address broader societal...
Este capítulo visa refletir sobre a importância da replicação no reforço da credibilidade da ciência. Clarificam-se conceitos-chave, como reprodutibilidade, replicabilidade e generalização, e distinguem-se os diferentes tipos de replicação em investigação. São também sistematizados critérios para a seleção de estudos a replicar e apresentadas recomendações para boas práticas na conceção, implementação e interpr...
Background: The Psychological Science Accelerator (PSA) recently completed a large-scale moral psychology study using translated versions of the Oxford Utilitarianism Scale (OUS). However, the translated versions have no validity evidence. Objective: The study investigated the structural validity evidence of the OUS across 15 translated versions and produced version-specific validity reports. Methods: We analyz...
According to the justified true belief (JTB) account of knowledge, people can truly know something only if they have a belief that is both justified and true (i.e., knowledge is JTB). This account was challenged by Gettier, who argued that JTB does not explain knowledge attributions in certain situations, later called “Gettier-type cases,” wherein protagonists are justified in believing something to be true, bu...
Recent research has shed light on how men in same-sex and different-sex relationships experience Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), and how it may contribute to their Gender Role Conflict (GRC), through which men face a dissonance with their gender roles. However, knowledge on these topics is still lacking. We aim to better understand men’s experiences of violence in their same-sex or different-sex relationships ...