Interview with an avatar: Comparing online and virtual reality perspective taking for gender bias in STEM hiring decisions.

ABSTRACT: Virtual perspective taking can reduce unconscious bias and increase empathy and prosocial behavior toward individuals who are marginalized based on group stereotypes such as age, race, or socioeconomic status. However, the question remains whether this approach might reduce implicit gender bias, and the degree to which virtual immersion contributes to behavioral modulation following perspective taking tasks is unknown. Accordingly, we investigate the role of virtual perspective taking for binary gender using an online platform (Study 1) and immersive virtual reality (Study 2). Female and male undergraduates performed a simulated interview while virtually represented by an avatar that was either congruent or incongruent with their own gender. All participants rated a male and a female candi

SUBMITTER: Crone CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9173647 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature