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Social Perception and Social Reality: Why Accuracy Dominates Bias and Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Jussim, Lee·2012·Oxford University Press eBooks
DOI 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195366600.001.0001
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This book contests the received wisdom in the field of social psychology that suggests that social perception and judgment are generally flawed, biased, and powerfully self-fulfilling. The book reviews a wealth of real-world, survey, and experimental data collected over the last century to show that, in fact, social psychological research consistently demonstrates that biases and self-fulfilling prophecies are generally weak, fragile, and fleeting. Furthermore, research in the social sciences has shown stereotypes to be accurate. The book overturns the received wisdom concerning social perception in several ways. It critically reviews studies that are highly cited darlings of the bias conclusion and shows how these studies demonstrate far more accuracy than bias, or are not replicable in subsequent research. Studies of equal or higher quality, which have been replicated consistently, are shown to demonstrate high accuracy, low bias, or both. The book is peppered with discussions suggesting that theoretical and political blinders have led to an odd state of affairs in which the flawed or misinterpreted bias studies receive a great deal of attention, while stronger and more replicable accuracy studies receive relatively little attention. In addition, the book presents both personal and real-world examples (such as stock market prices, sporting events, and political elections) that routinely undermine heavy-handed emphases on error and bias but are generally indicative of high l…

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Authors
Jussim, L.
Corresponding author
Jussim, Lee
ORCID
Jussim, Lee
Venue
Oxford University Press eBooks
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
2012-04-06
DOI
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195366600.001.0001
OpenAlex
W2989983672
Cited by
271
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Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 21 · 2024: 30 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 66 · 2019: 15 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 32 · 2016: 15 · 2015: 14 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 3
FWCI
11.09
Type
book
Language
en
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closed
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Oxford University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › General Psychology › Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
Keywords
social perception, social judgment, cognitive biases, self-fulfilling prophecy, stereotypes, replication, rationality, stock prices, political elections, sports prediction, social psychology theory

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