Basis of preexisting theories is unwise

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Name and describe three reasons why social inference may produce wrong answers.

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When do Social Inferences produce wrong Answers?

The social perceiver may not have not gathered relevant information

Characterizing information on the basis of preexisting theories is unwise - the theory may be faulty or suspect

The social perceiver may be biased if the inference is based on a small sample size of the population's characteristics

Larger samples are more reliable - the principle is called the law of large numbers- however people often overgeneralize from small unrepresentative samples

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