Complex sentence: The Proteus effect differs from behavioral confirmation in that it does not consider the actions of a perceiver as its goal is to explain how the individual's own stereotypes and expectations drives the change in behavior independent of any social interactions that take place.
Split into simpler sentences: The Proteus effect differs from behavioral confirmation in that it does not consider the actions of a perceiver. Instead its goal is to explain how the individual's own stereotypes and expectations drives the change in behavior, independent of any social interactions that take place.