The Evolution of Accuracy and Bias in Social Judgment

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What Does It Mean to be Biased: Motivated Reasoning and Rationality (2014, background): “…Taylor & Brown, 1988), biases have been argued to (sometimes) promote accuracy in person perception (e.g., Funder, 1995), and they have been argued to reflect evolutionary adaptations to asymmetric costs of errors (e.g., “error management theory,” Haselton & Buss, 2000; Haselton & Funder, 2006).”
Adaptive rationality: An evolutionary perspective on cognitive bias (2009, unknown): “…2005). ln all domains of social rea soning we should see a variety of adaptive designs including evaluating commit ment and sexual interest in prospective mates, diagnosing personality, navigating social hierarchies, learning from knowledgeable conspecifics, and so on (Haselton & Funder, 2006).”
Accurate Personality Judgment (2012, background): “…were elusive because of confusion concerning methodological issues raised by Cronbach (1955) and others, and perhaps also because most people are good judges—personality judgment is a necessary skill for social survival—and individual differences are therefore minor (Haselton & Funder, 2006).”