Introduction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Katherine Puddifoot
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
The Social ◽  
Interdisciplinary Methodology

How Stereotypes Deceive Us is a study of how stereotypes and stereotyping impact judgement and perception. It draws on work from philosophy and various other disciplines, including psychology and the social sciences, to provide a detailed study of when and how stereotypes lead us to misperceive and misjudge each other. The Introduction sets out the goals and main theses of the book. The interdisciplinary methodology adopted throughout the book is described. Finally, a detailed overview of the coming chapters is provided.

What Can We Learn From Factorial Surveys About Human Behavior?

Methodology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Knut Petzold ◽  
Tobias Wolbring
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Actual Behavior ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Factorial Survey ◽  
Survey Experiment ◽  
Intended Behavior ◽  
The Social ◽  
Survey Experiments ◽  
High Level

Abstract. Factorial survey experiments are increasingly used in the social sciences to investigate behavioral intentions. The measurement of self-reported behavioral intentions with factorial survey experiments frequently assumes that the determinants of intended behavior affect actual behavior in a similar way. We critically investigate this fundamental assumption using the misdirected email technique. Student participants of a survey were randomly assigned to a field experiment or a survey experiment. The email informs the recipient about the reception of a scholarship with varying stakes (full-time vs. book) and recipient’s names (German vs. Arabic). In the survey experiment, respondents saw an image of the same email. This validation design ensured a high level of correspondence between units, settings, and treatments across both studies. Results reveal that while the frequencies of self-reported intentions and actual behavior deviate, treatments show similar relative effects. Hence, although further research on this topic is needed, this study suggests that determinants of behavior might be inferred from behavioral intentions measured with survey experiments.

Postpositivist Philosophy of the Social Sciences

1984 ◽  
Vol 29 (9) ◽  
pp. 717-718
Author(s):  
Georgia Warnke
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
The Social
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