Comment on Alpha Male Primates a Myth, Researchers Find in New Study

wesker@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Lol.

  Has this study been replicated, and what’s the definition of “Alpha” they’re using.

  Hate to have to ask the replication question, since it’s such a fundamental element of science, but the rampant p-hacking forces it to be asked anymore. Plus upwards of 80% of research in the psychology world is unreliable, and this falls within that realm.

  Yea, we know the original work on Alpha animals isn’t replicable too, but decades ago (before any of us had seen research on Alpha), we observed “top dog” behaviour in dog training circles, without anyone telling us about it.

  There’s something there, it deserves proper, replicable study.

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