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Practical consequences of flawed social psychological research on bias

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Abstract The flaws in social psychological research pointed out by Cesario have societal costs. These include ignoring crucial base rates thereby degrading the effectiveness of policy decisions, generalizing the conclusions… Click to show full abstract

Abstract The flaws in social psychological research pointed out by Cesario have societal costs. These include ignoring crucial base rates thereby degrading the effectiveness of policy decisions, generalizing the conclusions derived from experiments on non-professionals thereby distorting the public's view of professional law enforcement personnel, questionable accusations of racism, and mis-attributions of the causes of racial differences in behavior.

Keywords: flawed social; psychological research; practical consequences; social psychological; consequences flawed

Journal Title: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Year Published: 2022

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