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Investigating the Impact of Cognitive Bias-Inducing Information on Decision Making Among Dutch Police Intelligence Employees
Palm, M.M. (2025) Investigating the Impact of Cognitive Bias-Inducing Information on Decision Making Among Dutch Police Intelligence Employees.
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| Abstract: | Due to increasing technological and information resources, the production of misinformation is increased. The activation of cognitive biases by misinformation may hamper police-oriented decision making. The current study investigated how decision making among Dutch police intelligence employees was affected by the activation of cognitive biases due to misinformation. Additionally, the effectiveness of a cognitive debiasing video intervention was tested. In contrast to neutral information, cognitive bias-inducing information led to a more critical assessment of both source reliability and information accuracy, while the recommendation for further investigation after reviewing cognitive bias-inducing information was greater for both the suspect and the case. Current study showed that these thinking and decision making processes may be influenced by debiasing intervention techniques and individual factors, such as rational thinking dispositions, years of work, and familiarity with the task-related context. Therefore, it can be concluded that misinformation susceptibility depends on a wide variety of factors and has no comprehensive solution to date. These results offer encouraging insights into how police intelligence employees deal with potential bias-inducing misinformation but also highlight the need for domain-specific interventions that align rational information evaluation with final decision making processes. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Clients: | Politieacademie, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 70 social sciences in general, 77 psychology, 85 business administration, organizational science, 88 social and public administration |
| Programme: | Psychology MSc (66604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/104869 |
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