Why Psychology Needs to Stop Striving for Novelty and How to Move Towards Theory-Driven Research.

Psychological science is maturing and therefore transitioning from explorative to theory-driven research. While explorative research seeks to find something "new," theory-driven research seeks to elaborate on already known and hence predictable effects. A consequence of these differences is that the quality of explorative and theory-driven research needs to be judged by distinct criterions that optimally support their respective development.

Psychological foundations of xenophilia: the role of major personality traits in predicting favorable attitudes toward cross-cultural contact and exploration.

Building on an integration of research findings on intergroup behavior from multiple fields of scientific inquiry (biological and cultural paleoanthropology, social psychology), as well as research on the HEXACO personality framework (e.g., Ashton & Lee, 2007), 3 independent studies (total N = 1,007) were conducted to introduce and test a fresh personality perspective on human xenophilia.

The evaluation of supervision: construction of brief questionnaires for the supervisor and the supervisee.

This study evaluated the psychometric properties of two parallel questionnaires (for the supervisor and supervisee, respectively). Ninety supervisees and 37 supervisors from different parts of Germany took part in the study. The three dimensions of clarifying, problem solving, and relationship were confirmed, but for both supervisor and supervisee versions of the scale medium intercorrelations also allowed a combined scale to be formed.