Political Diversity in Social and Personality Psychology
@article{Inbar2012PoliticalDI,
title={Political Diversity in Social and Personality Psychology},
author={Yoel Inbar and Joris Lammers},
journal={Perspectives on Psychological Science},
year={2012},
volume={7},
pages={496 - 503}
}A lack of political diversity in psychology is said to lead to a number of pernicious outcomes, including biased research and active discrimination against conservatives. We surveyed a large number (combined N = 800) of social and personality psychologists and discovered several interesting facts. First, although only 6% described themselves as conservative “overall,” there was more diversity of political opinion on economic issues and foreign policy. Second, respondents significantly…
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