Personality and politics of 263 occupations
Recently, I wrote about a great study showing the intelligence and crude personality differences between 300+ jobs. There is now a replication of this using a set of 263 occupations…
Research credibility and group differences
Suppose you did some research that you want to publish. Say you investigated the difference between men on women on some number of traits that are relevant to your current…
Who’s your out-group?
See related posts in rationalist sphere: Scott Alexander, I Can Tolerate Anything Except The Outgroup Jakob Falkovich, In-Groups, Out-Groups, and the IDW (in Quillette) So the story goes like this:…
New paper out: Are Danes’ Immigration Policy Preferences Based on Accurate Stereotypes?
Yes, I know, images are not working right now. It's due to site maintenance! Kirkegaard, E. O., Carl, N., & Bjerrekær, J. D. (2020). Are Danes’ Immigration Policy Preferences Based…
Stereotype Accuracy: Toward Appreciating Group Differences by Yueh-Ting Lee, Lee J. Jussim, and Clark R. McCauley (1995, review)
https://twitter.com/KirkegaardEmil/status/1220992959644082176 McCauley, C. R., Jussim, L. J., & Lee, Y. T. (1995). Stereotype accuracy: Toward appreciating group differences. American Psychological Association. http://93.174.95.27/book/index.php?md5=A0B7B83B064D2C087EEBDEA8032D90EA I recently tweeted this book, but didn't read…
Stereotype accuracy: summary of some studies
Now that the video is up, here's some other studies I came across. Falkenberg, L. (1990). Improving the accuracy of stereotypes within the workplace. Journal of Management, 16(1), 107-118. Has…
New video out: Stereotype Accuracy and Inaccuracy
Published a new video summarizing the stereotype accuracy and bias evidence. Well, some of it! Also then discuss various implications for taking accuracy seriously in a Bayesian framework. 75 minutes…
Stereotype threat: current evidence in January 2020
Stereotype threat is: a situational predicament in which people are or feel themselves to be at risk of conforming to stereotypes about their social group.[1][2] Stereotype threat is purportedly a…
The amazing stereotype accuracy of sex differences in movie genre preferences
Wühr, P., Lange, B. P., & Schwarz, S. (2017). Tears or fears? Comparing gender stereotypes about movie preferences to actual preferences. Frontiers in psychology, 8, 428. This study investigated the…