General Payment
In this experiment, you are asked to complete 5 tasks, each of which can consist of multiple decisions. In each task, you can earn a bonus payment which may depend on your choices in the task.
Your total earnings at the end of the experiment are the sum of the two following components:
- A fixed payment of {{ session.config.participation_fee }}
- A bonus payment which is determined in one of the tasks in the experiment
Specifically, we randomly select one decision out of the five tasks to be the decision-that-counts for your payments. Each decision is equally likely to be randomly selected for payment. Therefore, you should put the same effort in all decisions during the experiment. You will receive your payments only if you complete the entire experiment. Your final earnings will then be paid through Prolific.
Throughout the experiment, we will use Points to refer to your earnings. At the end of the experiment, when a decision is randomly selected, the points resulting from this decision will be converted into £ and added to your fixed payment. We use the following conversion rate:
{{ exchange_rate }} Points = £1.
Before each task you will receive instructions about the rules of this specific task. These instructions also contain more detailed information about the bonus payments you can earn in these tasks. After passing some attention checks and comprehension questions of a task, you are asked to submit your decisions. Then you proceed to the next task.
Remember that we employ a strict no-deception policy. This means that everything we tell you in the instructions of each task is completely true and implemented accordingly. It is important that you read the instructions carefully to be able to understand each task.
Task 1
In the first task, you will have to work on a set of sliders. You can adjust the slider to any number between 0 and 100 by clicking on the slider and dragging it to the desired position. Your task is to drag the slider to the target position, which is 50. The number on the right-hand side of the slider indicates the current position of your slider. A slider is correctly adjusted when the current position is equal to 50.
In the example you can see that the upper slider is not yet placed correctly because it is positioned at 27 instead of 50. In the example below, the slider is correctly placed at 50. All the sliders you have to solve are displayed on one screen.
We ask you to solve {{ Constants.num_sliders }} sliders before you proceed to Task 2. If Task 1 is selected for your payment, you will earn additional {{ Constants.endowment }} Points for the completion of the task .
Comprehension Questions