Each participant has been selected as either a Red player or a Blue player. This selection has been made randomly by the computer. A Red Player is partnered with a Blue Player. Each pair will play the game separately from the other pairs. There are a few Red Player replacements kept on standby, in case the need arises. The role of Red Player and Blue Player is explained below.
You have been selected as a BLUE PLAYER for this game and are partnered with a Red Player. Your objective is to earn as many points as you possibly can by the end of the game.
We will be running this game with many pairs of Red-Blue players over the next few months. As you are selected as a Blue Player, you will be competing for rewards ONLY with the other Blue Players. In other words, the points gained by the Red Player would NOT AT ALL affect your chances of winning a reward. At the end of the study (possibly March – April 2023), the top 25% Blue Players with most points would be put in a $100 Amazon gift card random draw. There will be another random draw of $50 Amazon Gift Cards for the top 50% of Blue players. To thank you for your participation, all participants would also be placed in another $20 Amazon Gift Card random draw. If your points earned are in the top 25% of all Blue Players, you could potentially win $170 in Amazon gift cards and have a higher likelihood of winning a reward.
1. The computer will randomly generate a number and flash it on the screen of the Red Player (i.e. your partner). The Red Player will then send a message to the Blue Player (i.e. you) telling you whether the number is EVEN or ODD. The Red Player could choose to send an accurate message or inaccurate message.
2. You may be informed by the computer if you received an accurate or inaccurate message in the first round of each block. [More details on this later]
3. Once you receive the message from the Red Player, you can either BELIEVE that the Red Player sent an
accurate message, INSURE yourself from some loss of points if the message is inaccurate, or AVERT RISK
altogether from a possible inaccurate message. The points earned by both, you and the Red Player, will depend on
the accuracy of the message sent by the Red Player and your decision to either believe, insure, or avert risk.
The distribution of the points will be in the following manner:
a. If the message sent is accurate and the decision is to believe – You will earn 12pts and the Red Player will earn 9pts
b. If the message sent is accurate and the decision is to insure – You will earn 9pts and the Red Player will earn 6pts
c. If the message sent is accurate and the decision is to avert risk – You will earn 6pts and the Red Player will earn 3pts
d. If the message sent is inaccurate and the decision is to believe – You will earn 0pts and the Red Player will earn 12pts
e. If the message sent is inaccurate and the decision is to insure – You will earn 3pts and the Red Player will earn 6pts
f. If the message sent is inaccurate and the decision is to avert risk – You will earn 6pts and the Red Player will earn 0pts
Please answer the following questions based on the information above.
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| Suppose the Red Player sends an accurate message to you,
will you earn the most points if you Believe, Insure, or Avert-Risk?
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| Suppose the Red Player sends you an inaccurate message, will you earn
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| If you believe the message sent to you by the Red Player, will
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