title: Too paranoid to see progress: Social psychology is probably liberal, but it doesn't believe in progress.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology,Florida State University,Tallahassee,FL 32304.Winegard@psy.fsu.eduhttp://psy.fsu.edu/~baumeisterticelab/winegard.html.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Winegard
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Sciences,University of Missouri,Columbia,MO 65211.bmw8vb@mail.missouri.eduGearyD@Missouri.eduhttps://psychology.missouri.edu/bmw8vbhttp://web.missouri.edu/~gearyd/
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Winegard
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Sciences,University of Missouri,Columbia,MO 65211.bmw8vb@mail.missouri.eduGearyD@Missouri.eduhttps://psychology.missouri.edu/bmw8vbhttp://web.missouri.edu/~gearyd/
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Geary
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011057:Politics; D011584:Psychology; D011593:Psychology, Social