心理科学 ›› 2012, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (2): 498-502.

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模拟法官决策中心理控制源对后见偏差的影响

彭慰慰   

  1. 长沙学院
  • 收稿日期:2010-07-13 修回日期:2011-09-06 出版日期:2012-03-20 发布日期:2012-03-20
  • 通讯作者: 彭慰慰

The Effect of Locus of Control on Hindsight Bias in Mock Judges’ Decision-making

  1. ChangSha University
  • Received:2010-07-13 Revised:2011-09-06 Online:2012-03-20 Published:2012-03-20

摘要: 考察模拟法官决策中心理控制源对后见偏差的影响。实验采用2(心理控制源:外控型、内控型)×3(有无策略:后见组、分散注意组、指导组)两因素被试间实验设计。采用自编两个案例及问卷测查模拟法官决策中后见效应的差异。实验结果发现,不同心理控制源是导致模拟法官决策中后见偏差存在差异的影响因素。同时,两种策略都能够有效减少模拟法官决策中的后见偏差。

关键词: 法官决策, 后见偏差, 心理控制源, 消除策略

Abstract: The experiment adopted the between-subjects design with twain factors—locus of control (internal locus of control and external locus of control) and debiasing group (hindsight bias group, alternative group and instructing group). 90 senior undergraduates majoring in Law were selected by the Rotter’s internal—external locus of control scale, averaging 45 internal locus of control type and 45 external locus of control type. The study aimed at investigating the difference of hindsight bias in mock judges’ decision-making with homemade questionaries of two different legal cases. The participants made the legal decision in two law cases respectively. The experiment results showed that the hindsight bias also existed in mock judges’ decision-making, and different locus of control was the influencing factor which led to the difference of hindsight bias in mock judges’ decision-making. Composed to mock judges with external locus of control, more mock judges with internal locus of control made the legal decision to judge the fault of the defendants’ actions in two legal cases, which caused greater hindsight bias appeared. Meanwhile, in a certain extent, because of the admonition from the experimenter and interrupting participants anchoring from the outcome knowledge that was the special instruction, as well as considering the alternative results and analyzing their negative influence on the parties could reduce the hindsight bias of the mock judges in legal decision-making effectively. Debiasing strategies and locus of control affected hindsight bias significantly in the first and second legal cases, however, in both legal cases, the interaction between strategies and locus of control was not prominent. Applying which debiasing strategy was more effective pointing to the internal or external locus of control, there was a tendency, but no significant difference, which might attribute that the limited number of subjects could not reflect the integral effect of debiasing strategies on the different locus of control. That would need further experimental studies to prove in the future. The locus of control and debiasing strategies had their significant influence on hindsight bias in mock judges’ decision-making.

Key words: judges’decision-making, hindsight bias, locus of control, debiasing strategy