Experimenter Demand Effects and Altruism towards the Experimenter

As a stress test of experimenter demand effects, we run an experiment where subjects can physically destroy coupons awarded to them. About one subject out of three does. Giving money back to the experimenter is possible in a separate task but is more consistent with an experimenter demand effect than an explanation based on altruism towards the experimenter. A measure of sensitivity to social pressure helps predict destruction when social information is provided.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Fleming, Piers ; Zizzo, Daniel John
Institutions:	School of Economics, University of East Anglia
Subject:	altruism \| experimenter demand effects \| social information \| social pressure

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Paper series, University of East Anglia, Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Science (CBESS).
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series CBESS Discussion Papers, University of East Anglia Number 13-04
Classification:	B41 - Economic Methodology ; C72 - Noncooperative Games ; C91 - Laboratory, Individual Behavior ; D64 - Altruism
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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