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Beware of individual differences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2004

Peter Borkenau*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Martin-Luther University, 06099Halle, Germanyhttp://www.psych.uni-halle.de/borkenau/borkenae.htmhttp://www.psych.uni-halle.de/nadine/mauere.htm
Nadine Mauer*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Martin-Luther University, 06099Halle, Germanyhttp://www.psych.uni-halle.de/borkenau/borkenae.htmhttp://www.psych.uni-halle.de/nadine/mauere.htm

Abstract:

Most judgmental biases are found at the level of samples, but do not apply to each person; they reflect prevailing, but not universal, response tendencies. We suggest that it is more promising to study differences between biased and unbiased persons, and between easier and more difficult tasks, than to generalize from a majority of research participants to humans in general.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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