The concept of pluralistic ignorance was introduced a century ago by social psychologist, Floyd Allport. It has been broadly applied in the social sciences, including psychology, sociology, political science, and economics. Pluralistic ignorance is a situation in which group members systematically misestimate their peers' attitudes, feelings, and private behaviors. This paper reviews the range of…
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Frontiers in Social Psychology is a peer-reviewed journal published by Frontiers, covering Social and Intergroup Psychology, Misinformation and Its Impacts, Cultural Differences and Values. Over its lifetime it has published 116 papers, which have received 362 citations.
| Publisher | Frontiers |
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| Reference style | Author–year (Harvard) Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Frontiers in Social Psychology, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
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| Publishes research in | Social and Intergroup Psychology Misinformation and Its Impacts Cultural Differences and Values Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment Social Media and Politics |
| ISSN | 2813-7876 |
| Citation impact (2-yr) | 2.24 |
| h-index | 8 |
| i10-index | 5 |
| Open access | Yes — indexed in DOAJ |
| Top institutions publishing here | Princeton University |
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Assessing the psychological characteristics of job applicants—including their vocational interests or personality traits—has been a corner stone of hiring processes for decades. While traditional forms of such assessments require candidates to self-report their characteristics via questionnaire measures, recent research suggests that computers can predict people's psychological traits from the digital footprints they leave online (e.g.,…
Navigating conflicts is crucial for promoting positive relationships between pupils, teachers, and parents. The objective of this paper is to present Social-Based Learning and Leadership (SBL), an innovative approach to group dynamics and conflict resolution within the school setting, aiming to foster meaningful relationships and personal and social growth. The methods of SBL focus on…
Large language models (LLMs) are being used to classify texts into categories informed by psychological theory (“psychological text classification”). However, the use of LLMs in psychological text classification requires validation, and it remains unclear exactly how psychologists should prompt and validate LLMs for this purpose. To address this gap, we examined the potential of using…
Introduction Extant research has studied prejudice expressions mainly from the majority perspective. We examined whether prejudice expressions conceptualized as subtle (vs. blatant) are perceived differently by their targets. Methods Participants who self-identified as potential targets of ethno-racial or religious prejudice (e.g., anti-Muslim, anti-Asian, anti-Arab, anti-Slavic, and anti-Black prejudice), answered questions about verbal expressions of prejudice…