Title
Does social desirability bias favor humans? Explicit-implicit evaluations of synthesized speech support a new HCI model of impression management
Abstract
Do people treat computers as social actors? To answer this question, researchers have measured the extent to which computers elicit social responses in people, such as impression management strategies for influencing the perceptions of others. But on this question findings in the literature conflict. To make sense of these findings, the present study proposes a dual-process model of impression management in human – computer interaction. The model predicts that, although machines may elicit nonconscious impression management strategies, they do not generally elicit conscious impression management strategies. One such strategy is presenting oneself favorably to others, which can be measured as social desirability bias when comparing self-reported preferences with implicit preferences. The current study uses both a questionnaire and an implicit association test (IAT) to compare attitudes toward human and machine speech. Although past studies on social desirability bias have demonstrated people’s tendency to underreport their preference for the preferred group when comparing two human groups, the current study found that, when comparing human speech and machine-synthesized speech, participants instead overreported their preference for the preferred (human) group. This finding supports the proposed dual-process model of impression management, because participants did not consciously treat computers as social actors.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1016/j.chb.2010.09.002
Computers in Human Behavior
Keywords
Field
DocType
self-presentational bias,ivr systems,explicit-implicit evaluation,social desirability bias,nonconscious impression management strategy,social response,female speech iat,social agency theory,current study,synthesized speech,elicit conscious impression management,new hci model,impression management,human group,social desirability bias favor,social actor,human speech,arab–muslim speech iat,impression management strategy,audio 2afc,process model,human computer interaction,socially responsible,agency theory
Social perception,Social psychology,Speech synthesis,Impression management,Social desirability bias,Implicit-association test,Psychology,Cognitive psychology,Social cognition,Perception,Impression formation
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
27
1
Computers in Human Behavior
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
8
0.52
24
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Wade J. Mitchell180.52
Chin-Chang Ho231720.37
Himalaya Patel3526.43
Karl F. MacDorman480554.92