On vagueness and parochialism in psychological research on groups

Pietraszewski asserts that social psychological research on groups is too vague, tautological, and dependent on intuitions to be theoretically useful. We disagree. Pietraszewski's contribution is thought-provoking but also incomplete and guilty of many of the faults he attributes to others. Instead of rototilling the existing knowledge landscape, we urge for more integration of new and old ideas.

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Pietraszewski's claim that social psychological research on groups is theoretically useless due to its vagueness, tautology, and dependence on intuitions is opposed by the authors. They argue that while Pietraszewski's contribution is thought-provoking, it is also incomplete and guilty of the faults he attributes to others. The authors advocate for the integration of new and old ideas instead of completely overturning existing knowledge.