On 8-27-15 Smithsonian Magazine highlighted an article from Science which showed that fewer than half of the studies published in 2008 in the top three psychology journals were reproducible. This is a serious problem for psychology and challenges the methods they are using in collecting their data.
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/349/6251/aac4716
About me: Sean McClure is currently a Federal Employee with over 15 years of experience working at the White House, Department of the Treasury, USAID, and Department of State. He has traveled extensively to 35 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe.