Abstract

Research has found that teaching people about psychological biases can help counteract biased behavior. On the other hand, due to the innate need for preservation of a positive self-image, it is likely that teaching people about biases they hold, may cause a boomerang effect in cases where being associated with a specific bias implies negative social connotations. In the three studies below we examine situations in which psychological bias implies negatively associated behavior, and show that teaching people about bias in those contexts can be counterproductive.

中文翻译：

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心理干预的回旋镖效应

摘要

研究发现，向人们传授心理偏见可以帮助抵消偏见。另一方面，由于天生需要保持积极的自我形象，因此在与特定偏见相关联意味着负面的社会涵义的情况下，向人们传授他们所持有的偏见很可能会引起飞镖效应。在下面的三项研究中，我们考察了心理偏见暗示负相关行为的情况，并表明在这种情况下教导人们偏见可能适得其反。