Realism and constructivism in social perception.
Jussim's critique of social psychology's embrace of error and bias is needed and often persuasive. In opting for perceptual realism over social constructivism, however, he seems to ignore a third choice - a cognitive constructivism which has a long and distinguished history in the study of nonsocial perception, and which enables us to understand both accuracy and error.
Department of Psychology,University of California,Berkeley,Berkeley,CA 94720-1650.jfkihlstrom@berkeley.eduhttp://socrates.berkeley.edu/~kihlstrm.
John F
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Kihlstrom
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011593:Psychology, Social; D012938:Social Perception