TY - JOUR

T1 - Роль уверенности и компетентности в социальной верификации суждений в условии диадного взаимодействия

AU - Толстова, Екатерина Андреевна

AU - Морошкина, Надежда Владимировна

PY - 2024

Y1 - 2024

N2 - Introduction. When making judgments under uncertainty, people often use social verification, i.e., comparing their judgments with the opinions of others. In some cases, social verification leads to increased accuracy of judgments (the "two heads are better" effect). However, to improve accuracy, it is important to take into account the partner's competence and current confidence in the answer. The ways in which confidence is conveyed in computer-mediated dyadic interaction situations are still poorly understood. The present study allowed us, for the first time, to isolate direct (confidence judgment) and indirect (response time) confidence transfer pathways and to test their effects on the success of social verification judgments in computer-mediated interaction. Methods. The experiment followed a between-subjects design, with groups differing in the way confidence was conveyed (direct / indirect). There were a total of 70 participants (50 females, 20 males) aged 18 to 33 years (M = 22.2, SD = 3.15). Participants worked in pairs at the same computer, with a non-transparent screen separating them so that they could not see each other. In the first stage, participants completed the reading experience test independently, and in the second stage they had the opportunity to compare their answers with a partner and to revise them. Between stages, information about the success (competence) of both participants was presented. Results. The concurrence of participants' responses increased significantly after they revised them. Confidence conveyed both indirectly and directly had a significant effect on the likelihood of response change. There was no significant effect of participants' relative competence. However, only the group with direct conveyed confidence significantly increased the accuracy of revised responses. Discussion. A possible explanation could be that accuracy is increased by orienting to the partner's confidence, which was easier to accomplish in the direct confidence transfer group. An alternative explanation may be that explicit confidence evaluation not only conveys information to the partner, but also helps the person themselves better understand where they are more likely to be wrong.

AB - Introduction. When making judgments under uncertainty, people often use social verification, i.e., comparing their judgments with the opinions of others. In some cases, social verification leads to increased accuracy of judgments (the "two heads are better" effect). However, to improve accuracy, it is important to take into account the partner's competence and current confidence in the answer. The ways in which confidence is conveyed in computer-mediated dyadic interaction situations are still poorly understood. The present study allowed us, for the first time, to isolate direct (confidence judgment) and indirect (response time) confidence transfer pathways and to test their effects on the success of social verification judgments in computer-mediated interaction. Methods. The experiment followed a between-subjects design, with groups differing in the way confidence was conveyed (direct / indirect). There were a total of 70 participants (50 females, 20 males) aged 18 to 33 years (M = 22.2, SD = 3.15). Participants worked in pairs at the same computer, with a non-transparent screen separating them so that they could not see each other. In the first stage, participants completed the reading experience test independently, and in the second stage they had the opportunity to compare their answers with a partner and to revise them. Between stages, information about the success (competence) of both participants was presented. Results. The concurrence of participants' responses increased significantly after they revised them. Confidence conveyed both indirectly and directly had a significant effect on the likelihood of response change. There was no significant effect of participants' relative competence. However, only the group with direct conveyed confidence significantly increased the accuracy of revised responses. Discussion. A possible explanation could be that accuracy is increased by orienting to the partner's confidence, which was easier to accomplish in the direct confidence transfer group. An alternative explanation may be that explicit confidence evaluation not only conveys information to the partner, but also helps the person themselves better understand where they are more likely to be wrong.

KW - competence

KW - computer-mediated interaction

KW - confidence judgment

KW - decision making

KW - social verification

UR - https://rpj.ru.com/index.php/rpj/article/view/1614/1801

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/6bce555c-cdbc-3fc4-a17a-b96f82044222/

U2 - 10.21702/rpj.2024.1.3

DO - 10.21702/rpj.2024.1.3

M3 - статья

VL - 21

SP - 47

EP - 66

JO - Russian Psychological Journal

JF - Russian Psychological Journal

SN - 1812-1853

IS - 1

ER -