Cognitive Biases and Inter-Rater Agreement in the Interpretation of Animal Behavior: An Interview Study on Non-Experts’ Perceptions of Fish Sexual Displays

This thesis will investigate how cognitive biases influence non-expert interpretations of fish sexual behavior and how these biases affect inter-rater agreement. During the research, expert and non-expert participants will be asked to evaluate fish behavior clips. Later, non-expert participants will be invited to do interviews to reflect on their judgments. By processing the responses given to the interview questions, it is aimed to understand the underlying mechanisms that cause biases among participants, if any.