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Effective mitigation of anchoring bias, projection bias, and representativeness bias from serious game-based training
Clegg, Benjamin A. McKernan, Brian Martey, Rosa M. Taylor, Sarah M. Stromer-Galley, Jennifer Kenski, Kate Saulnier, E. Tobi Rhodes, Matthew G. Folkestad, James E. McLaren, Elizabeth
Clegg, Benjamin A.
McKernan, Brian
Martey, Rosa M.
Taylor, Sarah M.
Stromer-Galley, Jennifer
Kenski, Kate
Saulnier, E. Tobi
Rhodes, Matthew G.
Folkestad, James E.
McLaren, Elizabeth
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2015
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2015.07.438
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Although human use of heuristics can result in ‘fast and frugal’ decision-making, those prepotent tendencies can also impair our ability to make optimal choices. Previous work had suggested such cognitive biases are resistant to mitigation training. Serious games offer a method to incorporate desirable elements into a training experience, and allow the use of mechanisms that enhance learning and retention. We developed a game to train recognition and mitigation of three forms of cognitive bias: anchoring, a tendency to be inordinately influenced by one piece of information; projection, an implicit assumption that others think or know what you do; and representativeness, judging the likelihood of a hypothesis by how much the available data resembles it. Participants were randomly assigned to play the training game once, twice spaced by 10 to 12 days, or a control condition that used a training video. External questionnaire-based assessments were given immediately post-training and 12 weeks later. Superior training was seen from the game. An independent group using our training game with their own novel bias assessment instruments (to which the researchers and game-developers had no access or content information) validated the key finding. These results demonstrate the viability and high value of using serious computer games to train mitigation of cognitive biases.
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Clegg, B.A., McKernan, B., Martey, R.M., Taylor, S.M., Stromer-Galley, J., Kenski, K., Saulnier, E.T., Rhodes, M.G., Folkestad, J.E., McLaren, E., Shaw, A., & Strzalkowski, T. (2015). Effective mitigation of anchoring bias, projection bias, and representativeness bias from serious game-based training. Procedia Manufacturing, 3, 1558-1565. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2015.07.438.
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