Social scientists have long known that political beliefs bias the way they think about, understand, and interpret the world around them. This volume explores the complex and often contentious political influences within the field of social psychology. While most scientists aspire to be dispassionate observers, this volume reveals how political biases may affect　theory development, the selection of hypothesis-testing and other methodologies, data analysis, and the interpretation of findings. The contributors, scholars from social psychology and related fields, use many of the major...

Social scientists have long known that political beliefs bias the way they think about, understand, and interpret the world around them. This volume explores the complex and often contentious political influences within the field of social psychology. While most scientists aspire to be dispassionate observers, this volume reveals how political biases may affect　theory development, the selection of hypothesis-testing and other methodologies, data analysis, and the interpretation of findings. The contributors, scholars from social psychology and related fields, use many of the major...