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Posted On:
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Oversimplified, yes, but it all comes down to our existing bias, which can be easily observed from a simple test like this:
http://ccsn.uchicago.edu/Studies/ShooterEffect/
To give you an example, I responded "correctly" in all the trials, but unconscious bias can be seen in my reaction time. I was faster to shoot an armed black man and quicker to dismiss an unarmed white man.Last edited by wetware; 3/31/2012 12:51pm at .
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3/31/2012 12:55pm

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The oversimplification is that it takes the context of the situation out of the equation.
-You are sitting in a coffee shop and a person walks up to you.
-you are approaching a person who you were told is an armed robbery suspect.
Now push the little web page button.
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This is true. To some degree, performing poorly mitigates that, but not enough. Unfortunately, thanks to a lot of studies in the 50s, 60s and 70s, there's this thing called the IRB that can make it tough to directly study some of these things. It might be possible to get a test close to that level through a combination of tazing, drugs that increase anxiety and some sort of other consequence for a 'bad shoot', but the chances of getting that past the IRB are slim to none. You also lose chances to change your decisions in the drawing and firing of the weapon.
If it makes you feel better, LEOs and military tend to do better than laymen on these kinds of test until they're primed for violence: You're told that you are approaching an possible armed robbery suspect. Then false positives go way up compared to laymen.
So my question for you is this: how would you expect the results of the test to change if fear of death were somehow added? -
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