When two individuals from different social groups exhibit identical behavior, egalitarian codes of conduct call for equal judgments of both individuals. However, this moral imperative is at odds with the statistical imperative to consider priors …
Does the mere size of a social group influence how it is perceived? Study 1 showed that on self-report measures, smaller and larger groups are rated to be equal in *warmth/goodness*, but smaller groups are rated to be higher in *status/competence*. …
From a statistical standpoint, judgments about an individual are more accurate if base rates about the individual’s social group are taken into account (Eddy, 1982; Kahneman & Tversky, 1973; Bar-Hillel, 1980; Tversky & Kahneman, 1974). But from a …
Meet Jonathan and Elizabeth. One person is a doctor and the other is a nurse. Who is the doctor? When nothing else is known, the base rate principle favors Jonathan to be the doctor and the fairness principle favors both individuals equally. But when …