Submissions/Lessons from psychology about wiki communities
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After careful consideration, the Programme Committee has decided not to accept the below submission at this time. Thank you to the author(s) for participating in the Wikimania 2015 programme submission, we hope to still see you at Wikimania this July. |
- Submission no.
- 2089
- Title of the submission
Lessons from psychology about wiki communities
- Type of submission (discussion, hot seat, panel, presentation, tutorial, workshop)
Presentation
- Author of the submission
Dr Martin Poulter
- E-mail address
m.l.poulter
bris.ac.uk
- Username
- Country of origin
United Kingdom
- Affiliation, if any (organisation, company etc.)
Employed by the University of Bristol and University of Oxford but not speaking for anyone in any official capacity
- Personal homepage or blog
- Abstract (at least 300 words to describe your proposal)
Decades of research in experimental social psychology and in the study of human judgement and decision-making has illuminated errors and distortions that human beings are subject to. These go under names including confirmation bias, cognitive dissonance, and attribution error. This short talk looks at how these psychological biases and errors can obstruct collaborative work of the type we do in Wikimedia. It assesses how well community policies and processes compensate for those biases. Some aspects of wiki collaboration minimise common biases, while other features make those biases more of a problem. Such systematic psychological errors are key to understanding how conflict can escalate. The talk will illustrate, and get the audience using, a simple framework for thinking about how these biases and how they could be made less damaging.
- Track
- WikiCulture & Community
- Length of session (if other than 30 minutes, specify how long)
- 30 minutes
- Will you attend Wikimania if your submission is not accepted?
Yes
- Slides or further information (optional)
- Will be provided
- Special requests
None
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