The principle of situationism in modern social psychology. Review of the book by T. Gilovich and L. Ross "The Science of wisdom". Moscow: Individual, 2019. 368 p.

Abstract

The book summarizes the achievements of social psychology in the last few decades in the field of social cognition. The authors ‘ attention is drawn to the analysis of situational factors that determine the errors of social perception, form social stereotypes and prejudices, as well as influence the choice of various forms of social behavior.