Alexa Tullett
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Primary Concentration:Social Psychology
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Courses:Introduction to Psychology (PY101)
History and Systems of Psychology (PY372) The Illusion of Objectivity (PY491) Advanced Social Psychology (PY672) |
Research Interests
Our lab examines scientific, religious, and political beliefs, and the factors that facilitate or impede belief change. Some of our work takes a meta-scientific approach, using psychological methods to study the beliefs and practices of psychological scientists.
Selected Publications
McDiarmid, A., Tullett, A. M., Whitt, C. M., Vazire, S., Smaldino, P., & Stephens, E. (2021). Psychologists update their beliefs about effect sizes after replication studies. Nature Human Behaviour.
Tullett, A. M . (in press). The limitations of social science as the arbiter of blame: An argument for abandoning retribution. Perspectives on Psychological Science.
Whitt, C. A., Tullett, A. M., Bowes, S., McDiarmid, A., Lilienfeld, S., & Hart, W. (2020). Weakening the ideological immune system: Can debiasing techniques reduce confirmation bias? (Stage 1 Registered Report – In Principle Acceptance). Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology.
Paxton, A., & Tullett, A. M. (2019). Open science in data-intensive psychology and cognitive science. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 6(1), 47-55.
Tullett, A. M., & Vazire, S. (2018). Scientific progress is like solving a puzzle, not building a wall. [Peer commentary on “Making replication mainstream” by R. A. Zwaan, A. Etz, R. E. Lucas, & M. B. Donnellan]. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 41, e120.
Grant, B. J., Fetterman, Z., Weyhaupt, M. B., Kim, M., & Tullett, A. M. (2018). It takes two: A replication. Journal of Research in Personality, 72, 58-63
Tullett, A. M., Feinberg, M., Mensch, Z., Hart, W., & Gottlieb, S. (2017). The political reference point: How geography shapes political identity. PLOS ONE.
Tullett, A. M., Hart, W. P., Feinberg, M., Fetterman, Z., & Gottlieb, S. (2016). Is ideology the enemy of inquiry? Examining the link between political orientation and interest in novel data. Journal of Research in Personality, 63, 123-132.
Tullett, A. M. (2015). In search of true things worth knowing: Considerations for a new article prototype. Social Psychological and Personality Compass, 9(4), 188-201.
Tullett, A. M . (in press). The limitations of social science as the arbiter of blame: An argument for abandoning retribution. Perspectives on Psychological Science.
Whitt, C. A., Tullett, A. M., Bowes, S., McDiarmid, A., Lilienfeld, S., & Hart, W. (2020). Weakening the ideological immune system: Can debiasing techniques reduce confirmation bias? (Stage 1 Registered Report – In Principle Acceptance). Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology.
Paxton, A., & Tullett, A. M. (2019). Open science in data-intensive psychology and cognitive science. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 6(1), 47-55.
Tullett, A. M., & Vazire, S. (2018). Scientific progress is like solving a puzzle, not building a wall. [Peer commentary on “Making replication mainstream” by R. A. Zwaan, A. Etz, R. E. Lucas, & M. B. Donnellan]. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 41, e120.
Grant, B. J., Fetterman, Z., Weyhaupt, M. B., Kim, M., & Tullett, A. M. (2018). It takes two: A replication. Journal of Research in Personality, 72, 58-63
Tullett, A. M., Feinberg, M., Mensch, Z., Hart, W., & Gottlieb, S. (2017). The political reference point: How geography shapes political identity. PLOS ONE.
Tullett, A. M., Hart, W. P., Feinberg, M., Fetterman, Z., & Gottlieb, S. (2016). Is ideology the enemy of inquiry? Examining the link between political orientation and interest in novel data. Journal of Research in Personality, 63, 123-132.
Tullett, A. M. (2015). In search of true things worth knowing: Considerations for a new article prototype. Social Psychological and Personality Compass, 9(4), 188-201.