Under what conditions does theory obstruct research progress?

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Psychological Review 93 (2):216-229 (1986)
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Researchers display confirmation bias when they persevere by revising procedures until obtaining a theory-predicted result. This strategy produces findings that are overgeneralized in avoidable ways, and this in turn binders successful applications. (The 40-year history of an attitude-change phenomenon.

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