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Practical consequences of flawed social psychological research on bias

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2022

Hal R. Arkes Open the ORCID record for Hal R. Arkes [Opens in a new window]
Hal R. Arkes*
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Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. arkes.1@osu.edu https://psychology.osu.edu/people/arkes.1
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Abstract

The flaws in social psychological research pointed out by Cesario have societal costs. These include ignoring crucial base rates thereby degrading the effectiveness of policy decisions, generalizing the conclusions derived from experiments on non-professionals thereby distorting the public's view of professional law enforcement personnel, questionable accusations of racism, and mis-attributions of the causes of racial differences in behavior.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 45 , 2022 , e67
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