Thank you for taking part in our study. Please read these instructions carefully before you begin. The study consists of a few tasks and a questionnaire.
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 or provide your perception of the situation. Before each task starts, the task will be explained in more detail.
In general, there are two types of situations, allocation situations and lottery situations. The allocation situations have options that differ in how a sum of money is divided between you and someone else. The lottery situations have options that differ in the lotteries that they represent. More information will be provided shortly.
Payment
Your earnings will consist of a participation fee of EUR 6.00 and a bonus payment of up to EUR 18.00. The amount of your bonus payment depends on your decisions in the tasks and can also depend on chance or the decisions of others.
Earnings in the study are expressed in Monetary Units (MU). At the end of the session, your MU earnings will be converted to EUR at the rate 1 MU = EUR 1.00.
The bonus payment that you will receive will be determined as follows:
- At the end of the session, one situation will be randomly selected from all the situations.
- Your decision in that situation will determine your bonus.
Important: Because any situation could be the one that determines your bonus payment, you should consider every decision carefully.
In the following you will first receive instructions about the two different types of situations you will see throughout the session. These instructions explain the situations for the different tasks. Before each task, there are more specific instructions on what kind of decisions you will be asked to make in that task.
If anything is unclear to you at any point, please raise your hand and an experimenter will come to you to answer your questions in private.
Throughout the different tasks, the situations may look similar but not identical. Therefore, consider each situation equally and respond in each situation in line with your preferences.