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Is there a “People are Stupid” school in social psychology?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2004

John F. Kihlstrom
John F. Kihlstrom*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, MC 1650, University of California–Berkeley, Berkeley, CA94720-1650http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~kihlstrm
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kihlstrm@socrates.berkeley.edu
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Abstract:

This commentary notes the emergence of a “People are Stupid” school of thought that describes social behavior as mindless, automatic, and unconscious. I trace the roots of this “school,” particularly in the link between situationism in social psychology and behaviorism in psychology at large, and suggest that social psychology should focus on the role of the mind in social interaction.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , June 2004 , pp. 348
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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