Thank you for taking part in our study. Please read these instructions carefully.
The study consists of several tasks in which you can earn a bonus payment with the decisions you make and questionnaires.
Overview of the Tasks
In the tasks you will face a series of situations. In each
situation there are two options — one on the left and one on the right —
and you will have to decide between them.
Allocation Task. In this type of task, you will decide between two options that each
specify how a sum of money is divided between you and another person. The two options differ in
how much you keep for yourself and how much the other person receives.
Lottery Task. In this type of task, you will decide between two options that each
represent a lottery. The two lotteries differ in the possible amounts you can earn and the
probability of each amount occurring.
Choices Made by Others
For each situation, a separate group of 10 people already made decisions.
In the following, these people will be referred to as 'the earlier group'.
This earlier group of people was selected to be similar
to you based on the information that is available on Prolific.
The next pages will explain exactly how the behaviour of the earlier group relates to your
own decisions.
Payment
Your bonus payment will be determined as follows:
- At the end of your participation in this study, one situation will be randomly
selected from all the situations.
- Your decision in that situation, together with the actual behaviour of the earlier
group, will determine your bonus payment.
- If the selected situation is from the Allocation Task, you earn the
amount that you allocated to yourself in your chosen option and the other person will receive
the amount that you allocated to the other person.
- If the selected situation is from the Lottery Task, the lottery you chose
will be resolved and you will earn the resulting amount.
Note: The other person who you can allocate money to is otherwise not involved in this
study. The other person will not learn your identity and also will not make any
decision that can affect your payment in any way. The other person is also not from
the earlier group.
Important: Because any situation could be
the one that determines your bonus payment, you should consider every decision carefully.
Earnings in the study are expressed in Monetary Units (MU). At the end of
the study, your MU earnings will be converted to GBP at the rate
1 MU = GBP 0.5 . You will also receive a fixed participation fee of
GBP 4.50.