摘要：Upon being asked to contribute to a journal for the “Legal Left,” I immediately focused my cognitive energy on the effort to identify the basis for the invitation. This was an automatic response that I could not help. After all, as a psychologist I chronically seek attributions for others’ actions and ponder influences on social judgment. So why was I singled out and contacted for a submission? Is there something about my academic affiliation, my departmental website, or even my name that implies a particular ideological bent? Has the editorial board used my published work to draw inferences regarding my political beliefs? Or does my research focus on issues that are of particular interest to people who self-categorize as “on the left?
