a Department of Kinesiology , KU Leuven , Leuven , Belgium.
Eur J Sport Sci. 2013;13(6):599-604. doi: 10.1080/17461391.2012.756070. Epub 2013 Jan 14.
This experiment tested whether the conformism observed among panels of judges in aesthetic sports also occurs among judges in judo. Similar to aesthetic sports, judo judging relies upon a form of open feedback. However, in judo, this system is reactive (i.e. two judges have to publicly 'correct' the score given by the higher-status referee), whereas it is active in aesthetic sports (i.e. judges with equal status report their score simultaneously and can use the feedback about the scores of their colleagues for evaluating later performances). In order to test whether such reactive open-feedback system leads to conformism among judges in judo, we designed an experiment in which this feedback was manipulated. Participants were 20 certified Flemish judges, who had to score two sets of 11 ambiguous video sequences that are used during formation and training of judo judges: one set with feedback about the referee's score and one set without feedback. The results revealed that when participants knew the referee's score, their scores were significantly more in line with this score than when they did not know this score. More specifically, for both sets of sequences at least 10% less deviations from the referee were observed when participants were given feedback about the score of the referee. These results suggest that preventable conformism can occur in typical judo judging, that is with reactive open feedback.
本实验旨在测试在审美运动的评判小组中观察到的从众现象是否也存在于柔道评判中。与审美运动类似，柔道评判依赖于一种开放式反馈形式。然而，在柔道中，这种系统是反应性的（即两名裁判必须公开“纠正”更高级别裁判给出的分数），而在审美运动中则是主动的（即具有同等地位的裁判同时报告自己的分数，并可以利用同事分数的反馈来评估后续表现）。为了测试这种反应性的开放式反馈系统是否会导致柔道评判中的从众现象，我们设计了一个实验来操纵这种反馈。参与者是 20 名经认证的佛兰芒裁判，他们必须对两套 11 个模糊的视频序列进行评分，这些序列用于柔道裁判的组建和训练：一套带有裁判分数的反馈，一套没有反馈。结果表明，当参与者知道裁判的分数时，他们的分数与裁判的分数明显更一致，而当他们不知道裁判的分数时则不然。更具体地说，在参与者获得裁判分数反馈的情况下，对于两套序列，至少观察到了 10%的裁判分数偏离。这些结果表明，可预防的从众现象可能会出现在典型的柔道评判中，即具有反应性的开放式反馈。
