APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
“I Can Give You the Same Scores, but I Will be Uncomfortable”: Positive Bias in Feedback Given to People with Disabilities Despite High Ratings of Discomfort
- Felix Wu
Rice University - Rachel Trump-Steele
Rice University - Linnea Ng
Rice University - Mikki Hebl
Rice University
Abstract
The effect of structured feedback forms on positively biased, but inaccurate feedback given to people with disabilities was examined. Additionally, we assessed subtle discrimination. Neither feedback forms nor disability affected participant ratings, but more discomfort was felt for disability and structured feedback form conditions. Implications discussed below.
Disabilities