AMPPS RRR

Registered Replication Report: Study 3 From Trafimow and Hughes (2012)

Sean C. Rife, Quinn Lambert, Robert Calin-Jageman, Matúš Adamkovič, Gabriel Banik, Itxaso Barberia, Jennifer Beaudry, Hanna Bernauer, Dustin Calvillo, William J. Chopik, Louise David, Ismay de Beijer, Thomas Rhys Evans, Andree Hartanto, Pavol Kačmár, Nicole Legate, Marcel Martončik, Karlijn Massar, Simon McCabe, David Moreau, Şevval Osmanoğlu, Asil Ali Özdoğru, Miriam Panning, Maximilian Primbs, John Protzko, Javier Rodríguez-Ferreiro, Jan P. Röer, Ivan Ropovik, Simon Schindler, Willem Sleegers, Gill ten Hoor, Ulrich S. Tran, Hein van Schie, Martin Voracek, and Brady Wiggins

Terror-management theory (TMT) proposes that when people are made aware of their own death, they are more likely to endorse cultural values. TMT is a staple of social psychology, featured prominently in textbooks and the subject of much research. The implications associated with TMT are significant because its advocates claim it can partially explain cultural conflicts, intergroup antagonisms, and even war. However, considerable ambiguity regarding effect size exists, and no preregistered replication of death-thought-accessibility findings exists. Moreover, there is debate regarding the role of time delay between the manipulation of mortality salience and assessment of key measures. We present results from 22 labs in 11 countries (total N = 3,447) attempting to replicate and extend an existing study of TMT, Study 3 from Trafimow and Hughes, and the role of time-delay effects. We successfully replicate Trafimow and Hughes and demonstrate that it is possible to prime death-related thoughts and that priming is more effective when there is no delay between the priming and outcome measure. Implications for future research and TMT are discussed.

Keywords: terror-management theory, replication, preregistration, death-thought accessibility, open data, open materials, preregistered

Citation: Rife, S. C., Lambert, Q., Calin-Jageman, R., Adamkovič, M., Banik, G., Barberia, I., Beaudry, J., Bernauer, H., Calvillo, D., Chopik, W. J.,  David, L., de Beijer, I., Evans, T. R., Hartanto, A., Kačmár, P., Legate, N., Martončik, M., Massar, K., McCabe, S., . . . Wiggins, B. (2025). Registered replication report: Study 3 from Trafimow and Hughes (2012). Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 8(2), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459251328334

Mülteci Çocuklar

Mülteci Çocukların İyi Oluşlarına Yönelik Psikososyal Müdahale Programları

Hanife Büşra Feyizoğlu Doğrusadık ve Asil Ali Özdoğru

Dünya genelinde savaş, afet ve diğer zorunlu sebeplerle yaşanan göçlerden etkilenen grupların başında çocuklar gelmektedir. Göçmen çocukların güvenlik, barınma, sağlık ve eğitim haklarının korunması ile çocuklara ve ailelerine gerekli hizmetlerin sunulması konusunda hem ev sahibi ülkelere hem de uluslararası kuruluşlara önemli görevler düşmektedir. Mültecilere yönelik uygulanan psikososyal destek programlarının mülteci çocuklar ile ailelerinin ruh sağlığı ve iyi oluşlarına olumlu etkileri olabilmektedir. Türkiye, son yıllarda yaşanan yoğun göç hareketleri neticesinde dünyanın en fazla mülteci nüfusuna sahip ülkelerinden biri haline gelmiştir. Bu bölümde, göçün mülteci çocuklar üzerindeki psikolojik ve sosyal etkileri özetlenmektedir. Ayrıca mülteci çocuklara yönelik uygulanan müdahale programlarına ilişkin öne çıkan hususlarla beraber dünyadan ve Türkiye’den örnek programlara yer verilmektedir. Göçün olumsuz etkilerini azaltmak, bireysel ve toplumsal iyi oluşa katkı sunmak için bilimsel kaynaklara dayanan psikososyal destek programlarının nicelik ve niteliklerinin artırılması büyük önem taşımaktadır.

Atıf: Feyizoğlu Doğrusadık, H. B. ve Özdogru, A. A. (2025). Mülteci çocukların iyi oluşlarına yönelik psikososyal müdahale programları. İ. S. Ersoy, M. F. Aysan ve E. Kurğan (Ed.), Küresel göç ve Türkiye içinde (ss. 117-143). Marmara Üniversitesi Yayınevi. http://dx.doi.org/10.29228/MUBooks.4

Kadının Gelişimi

Kadının Yaşam Boyu Gelişimi

Asil Ali Özdoğru ve Eda Şen

İnsan gelişimi döllenmeden ölüme kadar süren yaşam boyu bir süreçte gerçekleşir. Bu süreçte insanın biyolojik ve psikolojik gelişimi, farklı gelişim alanlarındaki kazanç, durağanlık ve kaybı içerir. İnsanın fiziksel, bilişsel ve sosyoduygusal gelişim alanlarında farklı gelişim dönemlerinde çeşitli değişim ve dönüşümler ortaya çıkmaktadır. Doğum öncesi, bebeklik, çocukluk, ergenlik ve yetişkinlik dönemlerinin gelişimsel özellik ve örüntüleri farklılıklar arz etmektedir. İnsan gelişiminin iyi bir şekilde anlaşılabilmesi için bu farklı dönem ve alanların yakından incelenmesi gerekir. ...

Atıf: Özdogru, A. A. ve Şen, E. (2025). Kadının yaşam boyu gelişimi. M. Bilici (Ed.), Kadın psikolojisi: Normal ve anormal içinde (ss. 51-76). Gazi Kitabevi.

FRAI Algorithms

Factors Influencing Trust in Algorithmic Decision-Making: An Indirect Scenario-Based Experiment

Fernando Marmolejo-Ramos, Rebecca Marrone, Malgorzata Korolkiewicz, Florence Gabriel, George Siemens, Srecko Joksimovic, Yuki Yamada, Yuki Mori, Talal Rahwan, Maria Sahakyan, Belona Sonna, Assylbek Meirmanov, Aidos Bolatov, Bidisha Som, Izuchukwu Ndukaihe, Nwadiogo C. Arinze, Josef Kundrát, Lenka Skanderová, Van-Giang Ngo, Giang Nguyen, Michelle Lacia, Chun-Chia Kung, Meiselina Irmayanti, Abdul Muktadir, Fransiska Timoria Samosir, Marco Tullio Liuzza, Roberto Giorgini, Omid Khatin-Zadeh, Hassan Banaruee, Asil Ali Özdoğru, Kris Ariyabuddhiphongs, Wachirawit Rakchai, Natalia Trujillo, Stella Maris Valencia, Armina Janyan, Kiril Kostov, Pedro R. Montoro, Jose Hinojosa, Kelsey Medeiros, Thomas E. Hunt, Julian Posada, Raquel Meister Ko Freitag, and Julian Tejada

Algorithms are involved in decisions ranging from trivial to significant, but people often express distrust toward them. Research suggests that educational efforts to explain how algorithms work may help mitigate this distrust. In a study of 1,921 participants from 20 countries, we examined differences in algorithmic trust for low-stakes and high-stakes decisions. Our results suggest that statistical literacy is negatively associated with trust in algorithms for high-stakes situations, while it is positively associated with trust in low-stakes scenarios with high algorithm familiarity. However, explainability did not appear to influence trust in algorithms. We conclude that having statistical literacy enables individuals to critically evaluate the decisions made by algorithms, data and AI, and consider them alongside other factors before making significant life decisions. This ensures that individuals are not solely relying on algorithms that may not fully capture the complexity and nuances of human behavior and decision-making. Therefore, policymakers should consider promoting statistical/AI literacy to address some of the complexities associated with trust in algorithms. This work paves the way for further research, including the triangulation of data with direct observations of user interactions with algorithms or physiological measures to assess trust more accurately.

Keywords: algorithms, data, AI, trust, statistical literacy, explainability

Citation: Marmolejo-Ramos, F., Marrone, R., Korolkiewicz, M., Gabriel, F., Siemens, G., Joksimovic, S., Yamada, Y., Mori, Y., Rahwan, T., Sahakyan, M., Sonna, B., Meirmanov, A., Bolatov, A., Som, B., Ndukaihe, I., Arinze, N. C., Kundrát, J., Skanderová, L., Ngo, V.-G., . . . Tejada, J. (2025). Factors influencing trust in algorithmic decision-making: An indirect scenario-based experiment. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, 7, 1465605. https://doi.org/10.3389/frai.2024.1465605

FYI 2025

If the soul is impartial in receiving information, it devotes to that information the share of critical investigation the information deserves, and its truth or untruth thus becomes clear. However, if the soul is infected with partisanship for a particular opinion or sect, it accepts without a moment’s hesitation the information that is agreeable to it. Prejudice and partisanship obscure the critical faculty and preclude critical investigation. The result is that falsehoods are accepted and transmitted.

Ibn Khaldūn (1377) Muqaddimah

We wish to pursue the truth no matter where it leads — but to find the truth we need imagination and skepticism both. We will not be afraid to speculate — but we will be careful to distinguish speculation from fact. The Cosmos is full beyond measure of elegant truths, of exquisite interrelationships, of the awesome machinery of nature. The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean. On this shore we've learned most of what we know. Recently we've waded a little way out, maybe ankle deep, and the water seems inviting. Some part of our being knows this is where we came from. We long to return. And we can. Because the cosmos is also within us. We're made of star-stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.

Carl Edward Sagan (1990) Cosmos: A Personal Voyage

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