A robust associative self network automatically biases attention, memory, and impression formation in a heuristic-like way. This thesis examines whether this self-heuristic underlies association formation of novel person and object representations to the self network and how this structure influences perceptions. This was tested across three experiments. The first employed an implicit task to assess whether self-similar individuals were represented with greater association strength to self-concept than self-dissimilar individuals. The second used an implicit task to measure whether newly-owned, previously-owned, and unowned objects exhibited different association strength with self-concept. The third determined the impact of minimal self-similarity to another individual, presented either before or after encoding, on memory for encoded information about them. Results of these experiments support three conclusions summarizing how a self-heuristic affects perceptions of novel stimuli. First, self-relevance automatically biases cognitive representation of novel self-similar (versus self-dissimilar) people and owned (versus unowned) objects, evidenced by stronger implicit association strength between these stimuli and self-concept. Next, this representation biases memory accuracy and errors in favour of heuristic-consistent information, even in contexts of minimal self-similarity. Finally, representation of self-similar people and owned objects relative to the self network biases perception through first-order effects, whereby unrelated concepts sharing an association to the self-network can influence one-another. Owned objects were automatically more favourably evaluated due to a first-order association with self-positivity. Perception of well-established self-knowledge was malleable based on response pairing with first-order associated self-similar or self-dissimilar individuals. Finally, when memory retrieval for self-similar and self-dissimilar individuals failed, responses were predicted based on first-order associated personality traits. These conclusions provide novel support for the existence of an automatic and ubiquitous self-heuristic that biases representation formation and subsequent perception of novel people and objects. / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) / A highly accessible network of self-representation biases attention and memory in favour of self-relevant information. I investigated how this network mediates representation of novel people and novel objects, stimulus categories that have received little attention in the social cognitive literature. An implicit test of cognitive association strength (i.e. the Implicit Association Test) revealed that novel self-similar (versus self-dissimilar) people and owned (versus unowned) objects are immediately associated to the self network. The new representations led to perceptual biases through first-order associations, whereby strictly self-relevant information was generalized to self-similar people and owned objects. For instance, even minimal self-similarity to a novel individual biased memory retrieval and reconstruction so that the retrieved information was consistent with the expectation of self-similarity. Together, the findings highlight the ubiquity and automaticity with which self-associations mediate cognitive representations and consequent perceptions of novel people and objects in realistic social situations.

In meiner Dissertationsschrift unterschied ich zwischen expliziten und impliziten Repräsentationen der eigenen Persönlichkeit und konzeptualisierte diese als Teile des reflektiven bzw. impulsiven Systems (Strack & Deutsch, in press). Am Beispiel der Persönlichkeitseigenschaften Schüchternheit, Ängstlichkeit und Ärgerlichkeit erfasste ich implizite Repräsentationen des Persönlichkeits-Selbstkonzeptes mit Hilfe von Impliziten Assoziations Tests (IATs, Greenwald, McGhee & Schwartz, 1998) und den neuen Impliziten Assoziations Prozeduren (IAPs) als indirekte Messverfahren. Im Gegensatz zu direkten Fragebogen-Verfahren, die das explizite Persönlichkeits-Selbstkonzept erfassen, stellen indirekte Verfahren chronometrische Messverfahren dar, die das direkte Fragen nach Selbsteinschätzungen vermeiden. Die Ergebnisse zeigten vier wichtige Dissoziationen zwischen direkten und indirekten Verfahren bei der Messung des Persönlichkeits-Selbstkonzeptes. Erstens waren indirekte Verfahren robuster gegen Verfälschungsinstruktionen als direkte Verfahren. Zweitens war die konvergente Validität zwischen indirekten Verfahren geringer als zwischen direkten Verfahren. Drittens leisteten indirekte Verfahren einen inkrementellen Beitrag zur Vorhersage von Verhalten. Viertens waren indirekte Verfahren weniger geeignet für das gleichzeitige Erfassen von zwei unterschiedlichen Eigenschaften als direkte Verfahren. / In my dissertation thesis I differentiated between explicit and implicit representations of one’s own personality and considered them as elements of reflective and impulsive information processing, respectively (Strack & Deutsch, in press). Using the traits of shyness, anxiousness, and angriness as examples, I assessed implicit representations of the personality self-concept with the Implicit Association Tests (IATs, Greenwald McGhee, & Schwartz, 1998) and the new Implicit Association Procedures (IAPs) as the tools for indirect measures. In contrast to direct questionnaire measures that assess the explicit personality self-concept, indirect measures are chronometric procedures that avoid asking direct self-judgment questions. The results showed four important dissociations between direct and indirect measures in the assessment of the personality self-concept. First, indirect measures were more robust against faking than direct measures. Second, the convergent validity between indirect measures was lower than that between direct measures. Third, indirect measures added incremental validity to the prediction of behavior. Fourth, indirect measures were less apt for the concurrent assessment of two traits within one sample than direct measures.

Though the workforce in the United States is comprised of more than 50% women, women hold only 26% of professional computing jobs, and at some companies the percentage is even lower (National Center for Women & Information Technology, 2011). This study aims to examine whether employees within the tech industry have an implicit association between the concepts of “maleness” and “tech”. Participants will complete a priming task, an Implicit Association Test, and a survey about existing sexist beliefs and their jobs. The Expectation States Theory (Eagly, Beall, & Sternberg, 2004) suggests that all participants will have an implicit association between these concepts, though participants primed with an article about a man in tech and participants from companies with more men overall, in leadership, and in tech positions will have a stronger bias. Additionally, the Unified Theory (Greenwald et al., 2002; Smeding, 2012) suggests that the proposed results will show that women working in tech positions have a slightly weaker bias, and priming about a woman in tech will not reverse the bias. If implicit biases are addressed within the tech industry, these fixes can help the field maintain its upward trajectory by becoming an inclusive space for men and women.

The purpose of this research was to investigate the nature of listeners' attitudes toward foreign-accented speech and the manner in which those attitudes are formed. This study measured 165 participants' implicit and explicit attitudes toward US- and foreign-accented audio stimuli. Implicit attitudes were measured with an audio Implicit Association Test. The use of audio stimuli as repeated tokens for their phonological attributes represents an innovation in IAT methodology. Explicit attitudes were elicited through self-report. The explicit task was contextualized as a fictional medical malpractice trial; participants heard the recorded audio testimony of two actors (one US-accented and one Korean-accented) portraying opposing expert witnesses. Four test conditions counterbalanced across participants were created from the recordings. Participants rated the experts on fourteen dependent variables ('traits'): believability, credibility, judgment, knowledge, competence, trustworthiness, likeability, friendliness, expertise, intelligence, warmth, persuasiveness, presentation style, and clarity of presentation. Participants were also asked for their attitudes toward the speakers relative to each other (i.e., Which doctor would you side with in this dispute?). The question of speaker preference was posed as a binary choice, an 11- point slider scale measure, and two confirmation questions asking participants to state how fair they thought an outcome for each party would be. This study's hypothesis that participants' implicit and explicit attitudes toward the same speech would diverge was confirmed. The IAT results indicated an implicit bias [ D =.33, p∠.05] in favor of the US-accented speaker, while the self-report results indicated an explicit bias [ F (2,121)=3.969, p=.021, η 2 =.062] in favor of the foreign-accented speaker in the slider scale and confirmation questions [ F (2,121)=3.708, p=.027, η 2 =.058, and F (2,121)=3.563, p=.031, η 2 =.056]. While the binary choice question showed a trend toward favoring the foreign-accented speaker, the result was not significant. No discernable pattern was found to exist in attitudes toward the speaker by trait. This study's findings argue for the recognition of both implicit and explicit attitude constructs and the integration of implicit attitudes measurement methodologies into future language attitudes research. Additional theoretical implications of these findings for future language attitudes research are also discussed, including implications for selecting an appropriate cognitive processing model.

Unverfälschbarkeit stellt ein wichtiges Gütekriterium psychologischer Testverfahren dar. Dieses Kriterium gilt dann als erfüllt, wenn das Testverfahren auf Grund seiner Konstruktion keine Steuerung oder Verzerrung der Ausprägung von Testwerten seitens der Versuchspersonen ermöglicht (vgl. Moosbrugger & Kelava, 2012). Im Gegensatz zu direkten Verfahren (z.B. Fragebogen und Interviews), bei welchen die Ausprägung hinsichtlich eines Merkmales durch Selbstbeschreibung der Versuchspersonen erfragt wird und eine Verfälschung (z.B. durch sozial erwünschtes Antwortverhalten) nicht ausgeschlossen werden kann, wurde indirekten Verfahren (z.B. dem Impliziten Assoziationstest; IAT; Greenwald, McGhee, & Schwartz, 1998) lange Zeit Immunität gegen Fälschungsversuche unterstellt. Diese begründet sich unter anderem durch die Annahme, dass mittels indirekter Verfahren implizite Merkmale gemessen werden. Implizite Merkmale unterscheiden sich von den „eher klassischen“ expliziten Merkmalen, welche vorwiegend mittels direkter Verfahren gemessen werden. Ein wesentlicher Unterschied besteht darin, dass Versuchspersonen nicht notwendigerweise um die Ausprägung hinsichtlich ihrer impliziten Merkmale wissen und dass sie diese Ausprägung auch nicht kontrollieren können (vgl. De Houwer, 2006; De Houwer & Moors, 2007, in press). Die theoretischen Annahmen bezüglich der Eigenschaften impliziter Merkmale bzw. Messergebnisse legen zwei Implikationen nahe. Erstens: Wir können implizite Merkmale ausschließlich über indirekte Zugänge erfassen, da diese nicht notwendigerweise bewusst sind und so eine Selbstauskunft nicht möglich erscheint. Zweitens: Personen können ihre impliziten Messergebnisse nicht kontrollieren und folglich auch nicht verfälschen. Vermutlich gab es auch aus diesem Grund vor wenigen Jahren einen regelrechten Boom, der zu der Entwicklung einer Vielzahl indirekter Verfahren zur Erfassung impliziter Merkmale geführt hat. Ob jedoch die Messergebnisse dieser Verfahren tatsächlich implizit und damit nicht verfälschbar sind, darf nicht nur theoretisch unterstellt, sondern muss empirisch überprüft werden (vgl. De Houwer, 2006). Der IAT gilt als das bekannteste, reliabelste und valideste indirekte Verfahren (Bosson, Swan, & Pennebaker, 2000; Rudolph, Schröder-Abé, Schütz, Gregg, & Sedikides, 2008). In meiner Dissertation habe ich mich aus diesem Grund der empirischen Überprüfung auf Verfälschbarkeit des IATs gewidmet. Die vorliegende Dissertation besteht aus insgesamt fünf Kapiteln. Das 1. Kapitel bildet eine theoretische Einführung zu den Themen Fälschung im diagnostischen Kontext und zum IAT. Grundlegende Befunde und Fragen zur Verfälschbarkeit des IATs werden dargestellt. Kapitel 2 bis 4 bilden empirische Beiträge meiner Forschung, die sich jeweils schwerpunktmäßig mit unterschiedlichen Aspekten der Verfälschbarkeit des IATs beschäftigen. In Kapitel 2 wird der Frage nachgegangen, unter welchen Bedingungen der IAT verfälschbar ist. Bis dato haben die wenigen existierenden Studien ein sehr widersprüchliches Bild bezüglich der Verfälschbarkeit des IATs aufgezeigt. Ein Grund hierfür könnte sein, dass potentiell relevante Faktoren, welche die Verfälschbarkeit des Verfahrens beeinflussen können, noch nie gemeinsam in einer Studie untersucht wurden. Die vorliegende Studie wurde genau mit diesem Ziel konstruiert und durchgeführt. Die Ergebnisse verweisen auf ein komplexes Zusammenspiel verschiedener Faktoren und zeigen auf, unter welchen Bedingungen der IAT verfälschbar ist. Implikationen dieser Ergebnisse werden kritisch diskutiert. In Kapitel 3 werden die Fragen beantwortet, wie Personen den IAT verfälschen und ob Fälschung im IAT detektierbar ist. Die Forschung hat sich bislang nur bedingt damit beschäftigt, was fälschende Personen tun, um ihre Messergebnisse wie gewünscht zu beeinflussen. Es wurde auch noch nicht untersucht, ob Versuchspersonen unter verschiedenen Bedingungen (z.B. Fälschungsziel: hohe vs. niedrige Testwerte) unterschiedliche Strategien anwenden. Dennoch wurden Indices vorgeschlagen, welche in der Lage sein sollen, Fälschung im IAT zu detektieren (Agosta, Ghirardi, Zogmaister, Castiello, & Sartori, 2011; Cvencek, Greenwald, Brown, Gray, & Snowden, 2010). In der vorgestellten Studie habe ich einerseits untersucht, welche Strategien fälschende Personen anwenden und ob sie, je nach Bedingung, zu unterschiedlichen Strategien greifen. Andererseits habe ich untersucht, welche dieser Strategien tatsächlich mit erfolgreicher Fälschung des IATs einhergehen. Schließlich habe ich untersucht, ob die in der Vergangenheit vorgeschlagenen Indices tatsächlich in der Lage sind, erfolgreiche FälscherInnen zu detektieren. Meine Ergebnisse zeigen, dass fälschende Personen unterschiedliche Strategien anwenden, um ihr Ziel zu erreichen. Damit verbunden zeigte sich auch, dass es schwerer ist als bislang angenommen, erfolgreiche FälscherInnen im IAT zu detektieren. Implikationen dieser Ergebnisse werden kritisch diskutiert. Kapitel 4 beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, ob kognitive Fähigkeiten ein erfolgreiches Fälschen im IAT erleichtern. Bisher wurden diese Fähigkeiten nur mit Fälschungserfolg in direkten Verfahren in Verbindung gebracht (vgl. Hartshorne & May, 1928; Nguyen, Biderman, & McDaniel, 2005; Ones, Viswesvaran, & Reiss, 1996; Pauls & Crost, 2005; Snell, Sydell, & Lueke, 1999; Tett, Freund, Christiansen, Fox, & Coaster, 2012; Weiner & Gibson, 2000). In der vorgestellten Studie habe ich untersucht, ob sie auch beim Fälschen des IATs eine Rolle spielen. Besonders habe ich mich dabei für die Rolle des g Faktors der Intelligenz, der Verarbeitungsgeschwindigkeit und der Konzentrationsfähigkeit interessiert. Die Ergebnisse meiner Studie zeigen auf, dass einige dieser Prädiktoren tatsächlich einen Einfluss auf den Fälschungserfolg im IAT haben. Implikationen dieser Ergebnisse werden kritisch diskutiert. Das 5. Kapitel bildet eine Zusammenführung und Integration der Befunde meiner Forschung in die bestehende Theorie. Zudem werden ein Ausblick für die weitere Forschung sowie Empfehlungen für die Praxis gegeben.

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This study aimed to: construct two measures of human values, based on an adaptation of the IAT (SC-IAT), versions pencil and paper (study 1) and computed (study 2). As specific objectives, we sought to test the structure of the Functionalist Theory of Human Values through implicit measures and correlate them with explicit measurement instruments. Participated in the study 1, 154 college students, which are predominantly women (70%) with an average age of 38 years (sd = 6.75). A Multivariate Analysis of Variance for repeated measures revealed differences between the scores in the congruent and incongruent tasks, thereby indicating the effect implicit in the association. Analysis of Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) Confirmatory revealed consistency between the theoretical model and the observed structure (Phi Tucker > 0.90), identifying the values belonging to each of the six sub-functions, which are structured by reason of the dimensions: kind of guidance and type of motivator. Through correlation analysis, we observed a low convergent validity between the SC-IAT-Values and the QVB. Furthermore, was observed the discriminating validity of the instrument within the social desirability scale. Moreover, no correlations were observed between the measured implicit and behavioral variable. The second study, with the participation of 50 students, which are predominantly women (54%) with a average age of 24.8 years (sd = 9.88). Through D score was observed on the implicit effect association. MDS analyzes revealed consistency between the theoretical model and the observed structure (Phi Tucker > 0.90) as well as computed. Through correlation analysis, can t to be observed the convergent validity of the measure with the QVB, however, it presented discriminating validity with the scale of social desirability. Again, no relationship was observed between the measured implicit and behavioral variable. In short, this dissertation has achieved its objectives, building the measure of human values implicit in version pencil and paper and computerized, testing the Functionalist Theory through this, as well as linking it with the explicit measures. / Tradicionalmente, os valores humanos têm sido avaliados por meio de formas explícitas de mensuração, como, questionários de autorrelato. Não obstante, sabe-se que estas medidas são susceptíveis à influência da desejabilidade social, o que tende a mascarar e enviesar os resultados. Uma das formas que vêm sendo utilizada para controlar esta tendência é por meio de mensurações implícitas, que pressupõem uma diminuição da reatividade da medida. Neste sentido, tendo em vista os problemas inerentes às formas explícitas de mensuração e a carência de instrumentos na área de medidas implícitas, em especial no que concerne aos valores, esta dissertação foi pensada. Especificamente, seu foco foi a Teoria Funcionalista dos Valores Humanos, objetivando construir duas medidas de valores humanos, com base em uma adaptação do TAI (SC-IAT), nas versões lápis e papel (Estudo 1) e computadorizada (Estudo 2). Como objetivos específicos, buscou-se testar a hipótese de estrutura dos Valores Humanos por meio das medidas implícitas, bem como correlacioná-las com instrumentos de mensuração explícita. No Estudo 1 participaram 154 estudantes universitários, predominantemente mulheres (70%), com idade média de 38 anos (dp = 6,75). A Análise Multivariada de Variância para medidas repetidas revelou diferenças entre as pontuações nas tarefas congruentes e incongruentes, indicando, assim, o efeito implícito na associação. Análises de Escalonamento Multidimensional (MDS) Confirmatório revelaram coerência entre o modelo teórico e a estrutura observada (Phi de Tucker > 0,90), cujas seis subfunções, se estruturam em razão das dimensões tipo de orientação e tipo de motivador. Entretanto, observou-se baixa validade convergente entre o SC-IAT-Valores e o QVB. Por outro lado, observou-se a validade discriminante da medida implícita com aquela de desejabilidade social. Ademais, não foram observadas correlações entre a medida implícita e a variável comportamental. O Estudo 2 contou com a participação de 50 estudantes universitários, majoritariamente mulheres (54%), com idade média de 24,8 anos (dp = 9,88). Por meio do escore D, observou-se o efeito implícito na associação. Análises MDS revelaram coerência entre o modelo teórico e a estrutura observada (Phi de Tucker > 0,90) também na medida computadorizada. Não foi constatada a validade convergente da medida implícita com o QVB, porém foi observada sua validade discriminante com a medida de desejabilidade social. Novamente, não foi possível observar relação entre a medida implícita e a variável comportamental. Em suma, esta dissertação cumpriu com os seus objetivos, construindo a medida implícita de valores humanos na versão lápis e papel e computadorizada, corroborando a hipótese de estrutura dos valores, assim como observando a validade discriminante desta medida.

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Previous studies show a discrepancy between what is clearly expressed by questionnaires and what is unconsciously verified by computerized test concerning issues related to beliefs, ethnicity, gender, among others (Greenwald et al. 1998 and 2002, Jost et al., 2004 and Nosek & Smyth, 2007).The present study aims to investigate the teacher s unconscious attitudes, who is a basic element in the construction of the knowledge, facing deficient students in regular classroom, through an implicit association test (IAT) on deficiency. For this, an adaptation in IAT developed for Nosek was carried out. Through this test, the author demonstrates the existence of divergences between what is told and what is implicit (consciousness versus unconsciousness). The test is based on ordinance of stimulations, representing four concepts presented in a congruent or an incongruent way. Forty teachers who have in their classroom deficient children had answered to one IAT. This test contained four categories (good, bad, with deficiency and without deficiency) and the participants task is to judge which is the category corresponding to a presented photo or word in the center of the screen; it is made of the following judgment blocks: 1-GOOD-BAD; 2-WITH DEFICIÊNCIA-SEM DEFICIENCY; 3- GOOD parameter and WITHOUT DEFICIENCY versus BAD AND WITH DEFICIENCY; 4- GOOD parameter and WITH DEFICIENCY versus BAD AND WITHOUT DEFICIENCY. MANOVA disclosed significant effect for total of right answers and time of reaction (p<0,0001 e 0,00001, respectively). Analysis post hoc with Fischer LSD test, disclosed significant effect for the judgment of the photos with deficiency in the GOOD and WITH DEFICIENCY block versus BAD AND WITHOUT DEFICIENCY block. In spite of an explicit positioning of non-prejudice regarding deficiencies, the teacher s performance was damaged when the task introduced an element of conflict - GOOD and WITH DEFICIENCY. Such discovery reveals that, even on an unconscious way, the look of the educators differs in a prejudiced way people with deficiency. / Processo mental e experiência mental diferem entre si. O primeiro é a operação da mente, o segundo é a vida subjetiva que emerge dessa operação. Na avaliação social, as atitudes implícitas e explícitas expressam esta distinção, onde a natureza das respostas dadas podem ser controladas ou inconscientes, dependendo da intencionalidade ou do propósito de quem as direciona. Estudos prévios mostram uma discrepância entre o que é explicitado por meio de questionários e o que é verificado inconscientemente por meio de teste computadorizado com relação a questões relacionadas a crenças, etnia, gênero, entre outros (Greenwald et al. 1998 e 2002; Jost et al., 2004 e Nosek & Smyth, 2007). O presente estudo tem como objetivo investigar as atitudes inconscientes do professor que é um elemento fundamental na construção do conhecimento, frente a seu aluno com deficiência em sala de aula regular, por meio de um teste de associação implícita (TAI) sobre deficiência. Para isso, foi realizada uma adaptação no TAI desenvolvido por Nosek. Por meio desse teste, o autor demonstra a existência de divergências entre o que é verbalizado e o que está implícito (consciente versus inconsciente). O teste é baseado na ordenação de estímulos que representam quatro conceitos apresentados de forma congruente ou incongruente. Quarenta professores que têm em sua sala de aula crianças com deficiência responderam a um TAI. Este teste contem 4 categorias (bom, mau, com deficiência e sem deficiência) e a tarefa dos participantes é de julgar qual a categoria correspondente a uma foto ou uma palavra apresentadas no centro da tela; é composto de blocos de julgamento: 1-Bom-Mau; 2-Com Deficiência-Sem Deficiência; 3- pareamento Bome Sem Deficiência versus Mau e Com Deficiência; 4- pareamento Bom e Com Deficiência versus Mau e Sem Deficiência. Manova revelou efeito significativo para total de acertos e tempo de reação (p<0,0001 e 0,00001, respectivamente). Análise post hoc, com teste Fischer LSD, revelou efeito significativo para a situação de julgamento das fotos de deficiência no bloco Bom e Com Deficiência versus Mau e Sem Deficiência. Apesar de um posicionamento explícito de não-preconceito com relação às deficiências, o desempenho do professor foi prejudicado quando a tarefa introduzia um elemento de conflito Bom e Com Deficiência. Tal achado revela que, mesmo que de forma não-consciente, o olhar dos educadores diferencia de maneira preconceituosa pessoas com deficiência.

abstract: Social categories such as race and gender are associated by people with certain characteristics (e.g. males are angry), which unconsciously affects how people evaluate and react to a person of specific social categories. This phenomenon, referred to as implicit bias, has been the interest of many social psychologists. However, the implicit bias research has been focusing on only one social category at a time, despite humans being entities of multiple social categories. The research also neglects the behavioral contexts in which implicit biases are triggered and rely on a broad definition for the locus of the bias regulation mechanism. These limitations raise questions on whether the current bias reduction strategies are effective. The current dissertation sought to address these limitations by introducing an ecologically valid and multidimensional method. In Chapters 1 and 2, the mouse-tracking task was integrated into the implicit association task to examine how implicit biases were moderated in different behavioral contexts. The results demonstrated that the manifestation of implicit biases depended on the behavioral context as well as the distinctive identity created by the combinations of different social categories. Chapter 3 laid groundwork for testing working memory as the processing capacity for the bias regulation mechanism. The result suggested that the hand-motion tracking indices of working memory load could be used to infer the capacity of an individual to suppress the influence of implicit bias. In Chapter 4, the mouse-tracking paradigm was integrated into the Stroop task with implicit associations serving as the Stroop targets. The implicit associations produced various effects including the conflict adaptation effect, like the Stroop targets, which suggested that implicit associations and Stroop stimuli are handled by overlapping cognitive mechanisms. Throughout these efforts, the current dissertation, first, demonstrated that a more ecologically valid and multidimensional approach is required to understand biased behaviors in detail. Furthermore, the current dissertation suggested the cognitive control mechanism as a finer definition for the locus of the bias regulation mechanism, which could be leveraged to offer solutions that are more adaptive and effective in the environment where collaboration and harmony are more important than ever. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Human Systems Engineering 2019

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