Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, Volume 37 (Advances in Experimental Social Psychology)

Advances in Experimental Social Psychology continues to be one of the most sought after and most often cited series in this field. Containing contributions of major empirical and theoretical interest, this series represents the best and the brightest in new research, theory, and practice in social psychology. This article reviews controversies that have surrounded research on interpersonal accuracy for the last 50 years by providing and justifying a probabilistic conception of accuracy and by addressing the following issues: Whether accuracy can be distinguished from logical coherence; whether accuracy research provides insight into cognitive processes; why accuracy in perception of a behavior or trait must be distinguished from accuracy in explanations for that behavior or trait; how to distinguish self-fulfilling prophecy from accuracy; why distinguishing among several levels of analysis is crucial with respect to evaluating the accuracy of social stereotypes; whether accuracy research helps create or alleviate social problems; how accuracy can sometimes lead to discrimination; similarities and differences between establishing scientific construct validity and the accuracy of lay social beliefs; and the nature of some of the contributions to understanding social perception provided by componential and noncomponential approaches to the study of accuracy. Content: Contributors Pages ix-x Accuracy in Social Perception: Criticisms, Controversies, Criteria, Components, and Cognitive Processes Original Research Article Pages 1-93 Lee Jussim Over Thirty Years Later: A Contemporary Look at Symbolic Racism Original Research Article Pages 95-150 David O. Sears, P.J. Henry Managing Group Behavior: The Interplay Between Procedural Justice, Sense of Self, and Cooperation Original Research Article Pages 151-218 David De Cremer, Tom R. Tyler So Right It's Wrong: Groupthink and the Ubiquitous Nature of Polarized Group Decision Making Original Research Article Pages 219-253 Robert S. Baron An integrative theory of intergroup contact Original Research Article Pages 255-343 Rupert Brown, Miles Hewstone Says Who?: Epistemic Authority Effects in Social Judgment Original Research Article Pages 345-392 Arie W. Kruglanski, Amiram Raviv, Daniel Bar-Tal, Alona Raviv, Keren Sharvit, Shmuel Ellis, Ruth Bar, Antonio Pierro, Lucia Mannetti Index Pages 393-408 Contents of Other Volumes Pages 409-418