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Casuistry and Social Category Bias.

Norton, Michael I., Vandello, Joseph A., Darley, John M.·2004·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
DOI 10.1037/0022-3514.87.6.817
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This research explored cases where people are drawn to make judgments between individuals based on questionable criteria, in particular those individuals' social group memberships. We suggest that individuals engage in casuistry to mask biased decision making, by recruiting more acceptable criteria to justify such decisions. We present 6 studies that demonstrate how casuistry licenses people to judge on the basis of social category information but appear unbiased--to both others and themselves--while doing so. In 2 domains (employment and college admissions decisions), with 2 social categories (gender and race), and with 2 motivations (favoring an in-group or out-group), the present studies explored how participants justify decisions biased by social category information by arbitrarily inflating the relative value of their preferred candidates' qualifications over those of competitors.

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Authors
Norton, M. I., Vandello, J. A., & Darley, J. M.
Venue
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2004-12
Volume
87
Issue
6
Pages
817-831
ISSN
  • 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1315
DOI
10.1037/0022-3514.87.6.817
OpenAlex
W2146127733
Cited by
251
References
14
FWCI
27.86
Type
journal article
Language
en
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