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This Routledge volume examines how Americans systematically misperceive the social world across critical areas including sex, race, money, and violence. The book challenges conventional assumptions about rational decision-making by exploring how cognitive biases, past experiences, news consumption, and social media algorithms shape public opinion. Through detailed chapters on population diversity, sexual behaviour, economic perceptions, health beliefs, and relationships, the author demonstrates the concrete ways misconceptions form and persist in modern society. By identifying these widespread misperceptions, the work provides readers with insights into correcting flawed understandings and developing more accurate views of contemporary social issues.

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Addresses common misperceptions about sex, race, money, and violence in American society.

Explores how cognitive biases and past experiences influence opinion-formation and decision-making.

Examines the role of news media and social media feeds in shaping public perceptions.

Provides chapters on population diversity, sexual behaviour, economic perceptions, health, and relationships.

Challenges rationality assumptions in social science by revealing how people actually form beliefs.

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Release Date
13 December 2017
Listed Since
02 August 2017

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