It's funny because, coming from an "interdisciplinary" research area, many of us cower in fear of psychology journals, completely daunted by the rigorous level of (perceived?) statistical knowledge required to be accepted. Psychology is viewed by many as one of the most hard-core sciences, just because it has taken such a hard-line attitude toward statistical work, out of shear necessity, due to past problems arising from a history of more philosophical approaches to the subject. Other sciences (e.g. HCI) are often somehow "softer" just because they take pains to avoid the kind of criticism that can come from the kind of complex statistical interpretations we see in pure psychology journals.
Although, I suppose I could be mixing up psychology with what we call "psychometrics", which is the kind of psychology that I'm more familiar with due to my research area, which involves perception of virtual reality.
By the way I agree with others that this is not an "attack" on psychology, it is simply science. Verification of results can invalidate claims, but it can also easily provide further evidence for claims. Nothing bad can come of this initiative, if it's carried out properly.
You are definitely mixing up psychology with psychometrics. Psychometrics is awesomely thorough and aware of statistical models and the limits thereof. Psychology, on the other hand relies on SPSS and what other papers have done to determine their methods.
Although, I suppose I could be mixing up psychology with what we call "psychometrics", which is the kind of psychology that I'm more familiar with due to my research area, which involves perception of virtual reality.
By the way I agree with others that this is not an "attack" on psychology, it is simply science. Verification of results can invalidate claims, but it can also easily provide further evidence for claims. Nothing bad can come of this initiative, if it's carried out properly.