title: The psychology of psychology: A thought experiment.
abstract: In the target article, Duarte et al. allege that the lack of political diversity reduces research efficacy. We pose a thought experiment that could provide an empirical test by examining whether institutional review board (IRB) members, granting agencies, and journal reviewers filter scientific products based on political values, invoking scientific criteria (rigor, etc.) as their justification. When these same products are cast in terms highlighting opposite values, do these people shift their decisions?
authors.affiliation: College of Human Ecology,Cornell University,Ithaca,NY 14853. sjc9@cornell.edu http://www.human.cornell.edu/bio.cfm?netid=sjc9
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Ceci
authors.affiliation: College of Human Ecology,Cornell University,Ithaca,NY 14853.  wmw5@cornell.edu
authors.forename: Wendy M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D028744:Ethics Committees, Research; D006801:Humans; D011584:Psychology; D012106:Research; D012586:Science; D013850:Thinking