Journal article
What Constitutes a Scientific Review? A Majority Retort to Barrett and Morris
Law and human behavior, v 17(2)
Apr 1993
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Abstract
Barrett and Morris attack the American Psychological Association amicus brief in Price Waterhouse vs. Hopkins as failing to adhere to the values of science in three respects. First they claim that the amicus used theories in convenient but logically inconsistent ways. A straightforward reading of the theories indicates that Bairett and Morris simply confuse the descriptive (e.g., "women typically are incompetent") and prescriptive (e.g., "women should be nice") aspects of gender stereotypes. Second, Barrett and Morris claim that APA used facts disputed by the employer, thereby biasing the brief. However, these facts were accepted at all levels of the court system, thereby establishing them as "fact" for the record, to which the Supreme Court and the APA were then bound. Third, Barrett and Morris claim the amicus literature review was biased. Yet, rather than support that claim with a full review, they present highly selected results that are biased, incomplete, misleading, and inaccurate. Moreover, independent, quantitative reviews undertaken since the brief support its central arguments and dispute the Barrett-Morris interpretations. In short, none of their arguments are supported.
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- Title
- What Constitutes a Scientific Review? A Majority Retort to Barrett and Morris
- Creators
- Susan T Fiske - University of Massachusetts SystemDonald N Bersoff - Hahnemann UniversityEugene Borgida - University of MinnesotaKay Deaux - City University of New YorkMadeline E Heilman - New York University
- Contributors
- Ronald Roesch (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Law and human behavior, v 17(2)
- Publisher
- Plenum Publishing Corp
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Thomas R. Kline School of Law
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1993KW21700007
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0027418392
- Other Identifier
- 991019184300504721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Law
- Psychology, Social