Questions tagged [discussion]
The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus.
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Question discussion over questions one can ask on psychologySE [duplicate]
I have a question about my Psychology & Neuroscience Stack Exchange post: Life's psychological questions
Can one ask life's psychological questions like these:
Depression
Trauma
Etc. And seek ...
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2023: a year in moderation
It’s that time of the year again! As we wave goodbye to last year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here might be ...
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Question about the Hopfield Network Model in Psychology & Neuroscience was flagged as spam
I recently posted a question about the Hopfield Network Model and its potential applications in treating Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and depression on the Psychology & Neuroscience Stack ...
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Is it on-topic to ask about mental state of celebrities?
There are celebrities who clearly have mental disorders, but there isn't anything about the matter in the internet. So is it allowed to ask about the mental state of a celebrity to find what their ...
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Question about twin studies
Back on July 18, I have asked the question: https://psychology.stackexchange.com/questions/29741/how-can-a-researcher-take-into-consideration-the-ethical-concerns-related-to-twi.
The question has ...
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Can a person with mental disorder(s) ask questions here?
The site itself says it is a place for teachers, students, and enthusiasts in psychology. But can people with mental disorders also ask questions here?
Maybe someone is suffering from OCD and/or ...
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2022: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange ...
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Should sources be mandatory in answers?
Answers based on anecdotes or personal opinion can already be flagged for removal.
However, in previous discussions (eg, here, here, here, here), scenarios were posited in which answers without ...
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Should we edit plagiarism or delete it?
What sparked this is a Psychology & Neuroscience answer which is purely a cut and paste answer from Psychology Today, I flagged to the moderators for further action.
The person who posted this ...
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Ban ChatGPT and AI-generated answers on Psych & Neuro.SE
See Ban ChatGPT network-wide for reference.
Briefly, ChatGPT is a language model that uses the statistics of words in a training dataset to generate grammatically correct responses to plain language ...
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Can or should you flag questions with even a minor negative tone?
I think Stack Exchange has worked a lot in recent years in improving the overall positivity of the site, and it’s been effective.
I’ve noticed they try to be a little more subtle about showing you ...
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"Possible dulicate" vs "Does this answer your question"
@ArnonWeinberg commented in Is there any evidence of a biologically predetermined, gendered psyche? that it is a possible duplicate of another question rather than close-vote it.
Possible duplicate ...
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Should we require acronyms to be defined?
I recently commented on a neuroscience question requesting:
for the benefit of others who may not know, can you please define any acronyms uncommon outside of the field of study such as CNS?
I am ...
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Please advise on asking a transgender question
OK, I'll be right up front. In right wing media it's no secret they don't buy in to the transgender theories, as they are popularly understood and discussed in other media. As such, right wing media ...
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Where should I ask this question?
I have read the tour and understand from it that I will not be able to ask the question I joined the site for...
I want to describe behaviour that an individual is exhibiting in the hopes of ...
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