Serious Efforts at Bias Reduction: The Effects of Digital Games and Avatar Customization on Three Cognitive Biases

IF 1.7 4区心理学 Q2 COMMUNICATION

Journal of Media Psychology-Theories Methods and Applications Pub Date : 2018-01-01 DOI:10.1027/1864-1105/a000174

A. Shaw, K. Kenski, Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Rosa Mikeal Martey, Benjamin A. Clegg, Joanna E. Lewis, J. Folkestad, T. Strzalkowski

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Abstract

As research on serious games continues to grow, we investigate the efficacy of digital games to train enhanced decision making through understanding cognitive biases. This study investigates the ability of a 30-minute digital game as compared with a 30-minute video to teach people how to recognize and mitigate three cognitive biases: fundamental attribution error, confirmation bias, and bias blind spot. We investigate the effects of character customization on learning outcomes as compared with an assigned character. We use interviews to understand the qualitative differences between the conditions. Experimental results suggest that the game was more effective at teaching and mitigating cognitive biases than was the training video. Although interviews suggest players liked avatar customization, results of the experiment indicate that avatar customization had no significant effect on learning outcomes. This research provides information future designers can use to choose the best medium and affordances for the most effective learning outcomes on cognitive processes.

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减少偏见的努力:数字游戏和角色定制对三种认知偏见的影响

随着对严肃游戏的研究不断发展，我们研究了数字游戏通过理解认知偏见来训练增强决策的功效。本研究调查了一款30分钟的数字游戏与一段30分钟的视频在教会人们如何识别和减轻三种认知偏差(基本归因错误、确认偏差和偏见盲点)方面的能力。我们研究了角色自定义对学习结果的影响，并将其与指定角色进行了比较。我们通过访谈来了解这些条件之间的质的差异。实验结果表明，游戏在教学和减轻认知偏见方面比训练视频更有效。尽管访谈显示玩家喜欢角色定制，但实验结果表明角色定制对学习结果没有显著影响。这项研究为未来的设计师提供了信息，可以用来选择最好的媒介和支持，以获得最有效的认知过程学习成果。

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Journal of Media Psychology-Theories Methods and Applications Multiple-

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3.20

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11.80%

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期刊介绍： Journal of Media Psychology (JMP) is committed to publishing original, high-quality papers which cover the broad range of media psychological research. This peer-reviewed journal focuses on how human beings select, use, and experience various media as well as how media (use) can affect their cognitions, emotions, and behaviors. Submissions must substantially advance the current state-of the art on a theoretical and/or an empirical level. To name just a few typical fields and domains of inquiry, the Journal of Media Psychology considers manuscripts dealing with research on entertainment, computer-mediated communication (including social media), human-computer interaction, e-learning, computer and video games, virtual environments, or advertising. The journal is also open to research from neighboring disciplines as far as this work ties in with psychological concepts of the uses and effects of the media. Submissions of comparative work, e.g., crossmedia, cross-gender, or cross-cultural, are encouraged. Moreover, submissions including alternative analysis procedures such as the Bayesian approach are welcome. Starting in 2015, the pre-registration of research plans will also be possible. To ensure short turn-around cycles for manuscript review and fast publication, the Journal of Media Psychology relies heavily upon electronic communication and information exchange, starting from electronic submission and continuing throughout the entire review and production process.