eprintid: 44115 rev_number: 6 eprint_status: archive userid: 1482 importid: 105 dir: disk0/00/04/41/15 datestamp: 2021-12-17 09:38:35 lastmod: 2021-12-17 09:38:35 status_changed: 2021-12-17 09:38:35 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Aczel, Balazs creators_name: Bago, Bence creators_name: Szollosi, Aba creators_name: Foldes, Andrei creators_name: Lukacs, Bence creators_idrefppn: 229784178 title: Is it time for studying real-life debiasing? Evaluation of the effectiveness of an analogical intervention technique ispublished: pub subjects: subjects_ECO abstract: The aim of this study was to initiate the exploration of debiasing methods applicable in real-life settings for achieving lasting improvement in decision making competence regarding multiple decision biases. Here, we tested the potentials of the analogical encoding method for decision debiasing. The advantage of this method is that it can foster the transfer from learning abstract principles to improving behavioral performance. For the purpose of the study, we devised an analogical debiasing technique for 10 biases (covariation detection, insensitivity to sample size, base rate neglect, regression to the mean, outcome bias, sunk cost fallacy, framing effect, anchoring bias, overconfidence bias, planning fallacy) and assessed the susceptibility of the participants (N = 154) to these biases before and 4 weeks after the training. We also compared the effect of the analogical training to the effect of ‘awareness training’ and a ‘no-training’ control group. Results suggested improved performance of the analogical training group only on tasks where the violations of statistical principles are measured. The interpretation of these findings require further investigation, yet it is possible that analogical training may be the most effective in the case of learning abstract concepts, such as statistical principles, which are otherwise difficult to master. The study encourages a systematic research of debiasing trainings and the development of intervention assessment methods to measure the endurance of behavior change in decision debiasing. date: 2015 date_type: published publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation id_number: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01120 official_url: http://iast.fr/pub/126267 faculty: tse divisions: tse language: en has_fulltext: FALSE view_date_year: 2015 full_text_status: none publication: Frontiers in Psychology refereed: TRUE issn: 1664-1078 oai_identifier: oai:tse-fr.eu:126267 harvester_local_overwrite: pending harvester_local_overwrite: note harvester_local_overwrite: issn harvester_local_overwrite: creators_idrefppn harvester_local_overwrite: publisher harvester_local_overwrite: id_number oai_lastmod: 2021-12-15T09:39:14Z oai_set: tse site: ut1 citation: Aczel, Balazs, Bago, Bence , Szollosi, Aba, Foldes, Andrei and Lukacs, Bence (2015) Is it time for studying real-life debiasing? Evaluation of the effectiveness of an analogical intervention technique. Frontiers in Psychology.