ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019
Debiasing Misperceived Trigger Warning Norms
- Jessica Salvatore
James Madison University - Emily Schlosberg
Sweet Briar College - Lauren Jacobson
Sweet Briar College - Jessica Lusby
Sweet Briar College
Abstract
We documented a social bias relating to the need for trigger warnings in the classroom: students think that other students are in more need than they actually are (an inversion of the typical pluralistic ignorance finding). A social-norms intervention partially reduced this bias and could be considered for classroom use.
Bias