Straight until proven gay: A systematic bias toward straight categorizations in sexual orientation judgments.
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Straight until proven gay: A systematic bias toward straight categorizations in sexual orientation judgments.
Perceivers achieve above chance accuracy judging others' sexual orientations, but they also exhibit a notable response bias by categorizing most targets as straight rather than gay. Although a straight categorization bias is evident in many published reports, it has never been the focus of systematic inquiry. The current studies therefore document this bias and test the mechanisms that produce ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1939-1315,0022-3514
DOI: 10.1037/pspa0000052