Book contents
- The Social Psychology of Perceiving Others Accurately
- The Social Psychology of Perceiving Others Accurately
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Part I Domains of accurate interpersonal perception
- 1 Accurate interpersonal perception
- 2 Accuracy of judging emotions
- 3 Empathic accuracy
- 4 Accuracy of distinguishing truth from lie
- 5 Accuracy of judging personality
- 6 Accuracy of perceiving social attributes
- 7 Accuracy of judging group attitudes
- 8 Metaperceptions
- Part II Correlates of interpersonal accuracy
- Part III Conclusions
- Index
- References
7 - Accuracy of judging group attitudes
from Part I - Domains of accurate interpersonal perception
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 April 2016
Book contents
- The Social Psychology of Perceiving Others Accurately
- The Social Psychology of Perceiving Others Accurately
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Part I Domains of accurate interpersonal perception
- 1 Accurate interpersonal perception
- 2 Accuracy of judging emotions
- 3 Empathic accuracy
- 4 Accuracy of distinguishing truth from lie
- 5 Accuracy of judging personality
- 6 Accuracy of perceiving social attributes
- 7 Accuracy of judging group attitudes
- 8 Metaperceptions
- Part II Correlates of interpersonal accuracy
- Part III Conclusions
- Index
- References
Summary
Abstract
How accurate are people’s stereotypes about groups? And how accurate are people in knowing what others think of the groups they belong to? The goal of this chapter is to provide an overview of conceptual and methodological approaches to studying accuracy in people’s attitudes about in-groups and out-groups, and to provide a brief review of empirical findings that address such accuracy. I focus on two central questions that scholars have addressed: One, are people accurate in their judgments about groups? And two, are people accurate in reading what others think about groups to which they belong (i.e., meta-perceptions of attitudes about groups)? I first discuss methodological and conceptual approaches to studying group-based attitudes, including a discussion of the process through which a valid truth criterion is selected, the different ways in which the relationship between the truth and the judgment can be operationalized, and the level at which accuracy is measured. I then review findings from research on accuracy of group-based attitudes using a motivation-based framework to understand why perceivers might be accurate or inaccurate in their judgments. Finally, I propose several avenues for future research, with an emphasis on research designed to provide evidence of the process through which perceivers become accurate and biased in their own attitudes about groups and their perceptions of others’ attitudes about groups.
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- The Social Psychology of Perceiving Others Accurately , pp. 143 - 164Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016
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