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Too paranoid to see progress: Social psychology is probably liberal, but it doesn't believe in progress

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 September 2015

Bo Winegard ,
Benjamin Winegard  and
David C. Geary
Bo Winegard
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32304. Winegard@psy.fsu.edu http://psy.fsu.edu/~baumeisterticelab/winegard.html
Benjamin Winegard
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211. bmw8vb@mail.missouri.edu GearyD@Missouri.edu https://psychology.missouri.edu/bmw8vb http://web.missouri.edu/~gearyd/
David C. Geary
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211. bmw8vb@mail.missouri.edu GearyD@Missouri.edu https://psychology.missouri.edu/bmw8vb http://web.missouri.edu/~gearyd/
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Abstract

We agree with Duarte et al. that bias in social psychology is a serious problem that researchers should confront. However, we are skeptical that most social psychologists adhere to a liberal progress narrative. We suggest, instead, that most social psychologists are paranoid egalitarian meliorists (PEMs). We explain the term and suggest possible remedies to bias in social psychology.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 38 , 2015 , e162
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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