{"647170":{"#nid":"647170","#data":{"type":"event","title":"MS defense by Justin Sukernek","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EName\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u003Cstrong\u003EJustin Sukernek\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMaster\u0026rsquo;s Thesis Defense Meeting\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDate\u003C\/strong\u003E: Friday, May 14, 2021\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETime\u003C\/strong\u003E: 11:00am\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELocation\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bluejeans.com\/431128614\/3531\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/bluejeans.com\/431128614\/3531\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdvisor\u003C\/strong\u003E: Rick Thomas, Ph.D. (Georgia Tech)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThesis Committee members:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERick Thomas, Ph.D. (Georgia Tech)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EChris Hertzog, Ph.D. (Georgia Tech)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EChris Wiese, Ph.D. (Georgia Tech)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;Examining Social Influence\u0026rsquo;s Effect on Decision-Making and Bayesian Truth Serum\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Decision-making\u0026mdash;whether individual or in groups\u0026mdash;can be subject to revision based on social influence, often pulling one\u0026rsquo;s opinions towards the apparent consensus (Mason, Conrey, \u0026amp; Smith, 2007). \u0026nbsp;Social influence has been shown to damage the effectiveness of wisdom of the crowd, suggesting that perhaps the crowd is wise\u0026mdash;but only when the members do not interact with each other (Lorenz, Rauhut, Schweitzer, \u0026amp; Helbing, 2011). \u0026nbsp;An interesting, unexplored method to study the effect of social influence would be to apply it to the Bayesian truth serum (BTS), a multi-faceted measure of judgment ability (Prelec, 2004). \u0026nbsp;In its pure application, the truth serum is both a measure of judgment and a way to increase truth-telling and information quality, but currently it is unclear if social influence may have a positive or negative effect on the serum\u0026rsquo;s effectiveness. \u0026nbsp;I conduct a multi-experiment study to elucidate further the possible adverse effects of social influence, and test Bayesian truth serum\u0026rsquo;s robustness when combined with the influence of others\u0026rsquo; opinions. \u0026nbsp;In combination, the five experiments show evidence for social influence disinforming participants; this disinformation effect appears to be detrimental to the Bayesian truth serum. \u0026nbsp;Finally, these experiments cast doubt on the Bayesian truth serum\u0026rsquo;s predictive ability in several different task contexts. \u0026nbsp;Additionally, in one experiment we find evidence that disagreeing with social influence improves reasoning ability. \u0026nbsp;Overall, this study contributes to the social influence, disinformation, and BTS literatures.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":": Examining Social Influence\u2019s Effect on Decision-Making and Bayesian Truth Serum"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2021-05-04 19:54:11","changed_gmt":"2021-05-04 19:54:11","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2021-05-14T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2021-05-14T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2021-05-14T14:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2021-05-14 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2021-05-14 18:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2021-05-14 18:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"111531","name":"ms defense"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}