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Social bias insights concern judgments rather than real-world decisions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2022

Michał Białek Open the ORCID record for Michał Białek [Opens in a new window]  and
Igor Grossmann Open the ORCID record for Igor Grossmann [Opens in a new window]
Michał Białek
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences, University of Wrocław, 50-529 Wrocław, Poland. michal.bialek3@uwr.edu.pl
Igor Grossmann
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada. igor.grossmann@uwaterloo.ca
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Abstract

Judgments differ from decisions. Judgments are more abstract, decontextualized, and bear fewer consequences for the agent. In pursuit of experimental control, psychological experiments on bias create a simplified, bare-bone representation of social behavior. These experiments resemble conditions in which people judge others, but not how they make real-world decisions.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 45 , 2022 , e68
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