Social reality of a group emerges from interpersonal perceptions and beliefs put to action under a host of environmental conditions. By extending the study of fast-and-frugal heuristics, we view social perceptions as judgment tools and assert that perceptions are ecologically rational to the degree that they adapt to the social reality. We maintain that the veracity of both stereotypes and base rates, as judgment tools, can be determined solely by accuracy research.

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准确的感知不需要完整的信息来反映现实

一个群体的社会现实来自于在一系列环境条件下付诸行动的人际感知和信念。通过扩展对快速节俭启发式的研究，我们将社会感知视为判断工具，并断言感知在适应社会现实的程度上是生态理性的。我们认为，作为判断工具的刻板印象和基准利率的真实性只能通过准确性研究来确定。