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Political diversity will improve social psychological science

The Behavioral and brain sciences, 2015-01, Vol.38, p.e130-e130, Article e130 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 ;ISSN: 0140-525X ;ISSN: 1469-1825 ;EISSN: 1469-1825 ;DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X14000430 ;PMID: 25036715 ;CODEN: BBSCDH

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  • Title:
    Political diversity will improve social psychological science
  • Author: Duarte, José L. ; Crawford, Jarret T. ; Stern, Charlotta ; Haidt, Jonathan ; Jussim, Lee ; Tetlock, Philip E.
  • Subjects: academic bias ; academic diversity ; confirmation bias ; discrimination ; Humans ; open science ; political psychology ; Politics ; Psychology, Social ; Social psychology ; Social sciences ; Target Article
  • Is Part Of: The Behavioral and brain sciences, 2015-01, Vol.38, p.e130-e130, Article e130
  • Description: Psychologists have demonstrated the value of diversity – particularly diversity of viewpoints – for enhancing creativity, discovery, and problem solving. But one key type of viewpoint diversity is lacking in academic psychology in general and social psychology in particular: political diversity. This article reviews the available evidence and finds support for four claims: (1) Academic psychology once had considerable political diversity, but has lost nearly all of it in the last 50 years. (2) This lack of political diversity can undermine the validity of social psychological science via mechanisms such as the embedding of liberal values into research questions and methods, steering researchers away from important but politically unpalatable research topics, and producing conclusions that mischaracterize liberals and conservatives alike. (3) Increased political diversity would improve social psychological science by reducing the impact of bias mechanisms such as confirmation bias, and by empowering dissenting minorities to improve the quality of the majority's thinking. (4) The underrepresentation of non-liberals in social psychology is most likely due to a combination of self-selection, hostile climate, and discrimination. We close with recommendations for increasing political diversity in social psychology.
  • Publisher: New York, USA: Cambridge University Press
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0140-525X
    ISSN: 1469-1825
    EISSN: 1469-1825
    DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X14000430
    PMID: 25036715
    CODEN: BBSCDH
  • Source: ProQuest One Psychology
    AUTh Library subscriptions: ProQuest Central
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