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The aim is to understand how social roles influence perceptions and judgments during knowledge exchanges between individuals.

Social roles, social control, and biases in social-perception processes.

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Experiments examine biases in social judgments due to roles in knowledge-based interactions, highlighting implications for power dynamics.

The aim is to understand how social roles influence perceptions and judgments during knowledge exchanges between individuals.
Conducted two experiments featuring participants taking on questioner and answerer roles during knowledge assessments.
Analyzed ratings of general knowledge based on the roles participants performed during interactions.
Measured the impact of these roles on perceptions, particularly focusing on biases from observers and answerers.
Questioners displaying personal knowledge were rated significantly superior in general knowledge compared to answerers, with stronger bias observed in answerers and uninvolved observers.
Perceptions showed a consistent trend where the role of questioner led to inflated evaluations versus the role of answerer.
Findings indicate that biases in social perception often favor individuals in positions of authority or knowledge, affecting social dynamics.

Ross et al. (1977) studied this question.

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Experiments examine biases in social judgments due to roles in knowledge-based interactions, highlighting implications for power dynamics.