Political Diversity in the Social Psychological Sciences

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Political Diversity in the Social Psychological Sciences

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ABSTRACT:
Political Diversity Will Improve Social Psychological Science
José L. Duarte, Arizona State University
Jarret T. Crawford, The College of New Jersey
Charlotta Stern, Stockholm University
Jonathan Haidt, New York University—Stern School of Business
Lee Jussim, Rutgers University
Philip E. Tetlock, University of Pennsylvania
Corresponding Author: Jonathan Haidt, haidt@nyu.edu
Abstract: 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; and 4) The underrepresentation of nonliberals
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.
Keywords: Social psychology, diversity, politics, bias, sociology of science
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New Study Indicates Existence of Eight Conservative Social Psychologists

by Jonathan Haidt | Jan 7, 2016 | empirical evidence, psychology | 85 comments

Just how much viewpoint diversity do we have in social psychology? In 2011 nobody knew, so I asked 30 of my friends in the field to name a conservative. They came up with several names, but only one suspect admitted, under gentle interrogation, to being right of center.

A few months later I gave a talk at the annual convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in which I pointed out the field’s political imbalance and why this was a threat to the quality of our research. I asked the thousand-or-so people in the audience to declare their politics with a show of hands, and I estimated that roughly 80% self-identified as “liberal or left of center,” 2% (I counted exactly 20 hands) identified as “centrist or moderate,” 1% (12 hands) identified as libertarian, and, rounding to the nearest integer, zero percent (3 hands) identified as “conservative or right of center.” That gives us a left:right ratio of 266 to one. I didn’t think the real ratio was that high; I knew that some conservatives in the audience were probably afraid to raise their hands.
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http://heterodoxacademy.org/2016/01/07/ ... hologists/
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I took a look at the comments, saw The Great US Debate raging, made a hasty exit.
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Doc wrote:
New Study Indicates Existence of Eight Conservative Social Psychologists

by Jonathan Haidt | Jan 7, 2016 | empirical evidence, psychology | 85 comments

Just how much viewpoint diversity do we have in social psychology? In 2011 nobody knew, so I asked 30 of my friends in the field to name a conservative. They came up with several names, but only one suspect admitted, under gentle interrogation, to being right of center.

A few months later I gave a talk at the annual convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in which I pointed out the field’s political imbalance and why this was a threat to the quality of our research. I asked the thousand-or-so people in the audience to declare their politics with a show of hands, and I estimated that roughly 80% self-identified as “liberal or left of center,” 2% (I counted exactly 20 hands) identified as “centrist or moderate,” 1% (12 hands) identified as libertarian, and, rounding to the nearest integer, zero percent (3 hands) identified as “conservative or right of center.” That gives us a left:right ratio of 266 to one. I didn’t think the real ratio was that high; I knew that some conservatives in the audience were probably afraid to raise their hands.
more at the link
http://heterodoxacademy.org/2016/01/07/ ... hologists/
Without reading...... only 8? I know dozens....

heterodoxacademy? Sounds like a school for budding porn stars......
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Simple Minded wrote:
Doc wrote:
New Study Indicates Existence of Eight Conservative Social Psychologists

by Jonathan Haidt | Jan 7, 2016 | empirical evidence, psychology | 85 comments

Just how much viewpoint diversity do we have in social psychology? In 2011 nobody knew, so I asked 30 of my friends in the field to name a conservative. They came up with several names, but only one suspect admitted, under gentle interrogation, to being right of center.

A few months later I gave a talk at the annual convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in which I pointed out the field’s political imbalance and why this was a threat to the quality of our research. I asked the thousand-or-so people in the audience to declare their politics with a show of hands, and I estimated that roughly 80% self-identified as “liberal or left of center,” 2% (I counted exactly 20 hands) identified as “centrist or moderate,” 1% (12 hands) identified as libertarian, and, rounding to the nearest integer, zero percent (3 hands) identified as “conservative or right of center.” That gives us a left:right ratio of 266 to one. I didn’t think the real ratio was that high; I knew that some conservatives in the audience were probably afraid to raise their hands.
more at the link
http://heterodoxacademy.org/2016/01/07/ ... hologists/
Without reading...... only 8? I know dozens....

heterodoxacademy? Sounds like a school for budding porn stars......
"without reading" = Blue Pill

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