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Judging Bias Induced by Viewing Contrived Videotapes: A Function of Selected Psychological Variables
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Forensic PsychologyBehavioral Decision MakingSocial PsychologyCognitionBias InducedGymnastics JudgesPsychologySocial SciencesCognitive BiasesBiasFalse FeedbackCognitive Bias MitigationPsychological EvaluationUnconscious BiasContrived VideotapesBehavioral SciencesCognitive ScienceManipulation (Psychology)Selected Psychological VariablesVideotaped RoutinesArtsBias DetectionExperimental PsychologySocial CognitionSocial BiasPerformance StudiesAttribution TheoryAthletic Training
Gymnastics judges, scoring videotaped routines, were subjected to false feedback in the form of artificially high or low scores to determine if selected psychological differences between judges would have an effect on the amount of influence observed due to the false feedback. The subjects were 24 certified male gymnastics judges. Half of the subjects were randomly assigned to score routines on a videotape in which, through editing procedures, high falsified scores appeared in the background of the tape following each routine. The remaining subjects scored the same routines from a second tape in which low falsified scores appeared. An ANOVA revealed that judges' scores were significantly affected by the false feedback ( p < .001). Further analysis revealed that judges who scored high on dominance, autonomy, deference, and internal locus of control were significantly less influenced than judges who scored low on those variables.