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Intelligence, competitive altruism, and “clever silliness” may underlie bias in academe

Intelligence, competitive altruism, and “clever silliness” may underlie bias in academe

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Intelligence, competitive altruism, and “clever silliness” may underlie bias in academe

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Intelligence, competitive altruism, and “clever silliness” may underlie bias in academe

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New York, USA: Cambridge University Press

Journal title

The Behavioral and brain sciences, 2017, Vol.40, p.e9-e9, Article e9

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English

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New York, USA: Cambridge University Press

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Why is social bias and its depressing effects on low-status or low-performing groups exaggerated? We show that the higher intelligence of academics has at best a very weak effect on reducing their bias, facilitates superficially justifying their biases, and may make them better at understanding the benefits of social conformity in general and compe...

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Intelligence, competitive altruism, and “clever silliness” may underlie bias in academe

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1880084466

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1880084466

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ISSN

0140-525X

E-ISSN

1469-1825

DOI

10.1017/S0140525X15002368

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