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The social neuroscience of biases in in-and-out-group face processing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 March 2017

Sylvia Terbeck
Sylvia Terbeck*
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Department of Psychology, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL48AA, United Kingdom. sylvia.terbeck@plymouth.ac.uk https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/staff/sylvia-terbeck
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Abstract

The validity and reliability of stereotypes in social perception confirms traditional early social psychological research. Already in 1954 Gordon Allport stated that stereotypes might have a “kernel of truth.” Recent research in social neuroscience, however, contradicts Lee Jussims’ (2012) claim that the application of stereotypes increases accuracy in person perception. Person perception is inaccurate as it is insufficient when it involves only one factor (even if that factor was a reliable predictor).

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e14
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