Social reality makes the social mind: Self-fulfilling prophecy, stereotypes, bias, and accuracy

Lee Jussim; Kent D. Harber; Jarret T. Crawford; Thomas R. Cain; Florette Cohen

doi:10.1075/is.6.1.07jus

Social reality makes the social mind: Self-fulfilling prophecy, stereotypes, bias, and accuracy

Lee Jussim, Kent D. Harber, Jarret T. Crawford, Thomas R. Cain, Florette Cohen

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Abstract

This paper contests social psychology's emphasis on the biased, erroneous, and constructed nature of social cognition by: (1) showing how the extent of bias and error in classic research is overstated; (2) summarizing research regarding the accuracy of social beliefs; and (3) describing how social stereotypes sometimes improve person perception accuracy. A Goodness of Judgment Index is also presented to extract evidence regarding accuracy from research focusing on bias. We conclude that accuracy is necessary for understanding social cognition.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	85-102
Number of pages	18
Journal	Interaction Studies
Volume	6
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1075/is.6.1.07jus
State	Published - 2005

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Communication
Language and Linguistics
Animal Science and Zoology
Linguistics and Language
Human-Computer Interaction

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Accuracy
Bias
Self-fulfilling prophecies
Social perception
Stereotypes

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