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Increasing ideological tolerance in social psychology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 September 2015

Yoel Inbar  and
Joris Lammers
Yoel Inbar
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M1C 1A4, Canada. yoel.inbar@utoronto.ca http://yoelinbar.net
Joris Lammers
Affiliation:
Social Cognition Center, University of Cologne, D-50923 Köln, Germany. joris.lammers@uni-koeln.de http://soccco.uni-koeln.de/joris-lammers.html
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Abstract

We argue that recognizing current ideological diversity in social psychology and promoting tolerance of minority views is just as important as increasing the number of non-liberal researchers. Increasing tolerance will allow individuals in the minority to express dissenting views, which will improve psychological science by reducing bias. We present four recommendations for increasing tolerance.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 38 , 2015 , e147
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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