1 Demo Version of Experiment

To see a demo of the experiment in a separate browser window, click here.

To download the program files of the experiment, click here.


2 Data

2.1 Data set information

The data set contains the following columns:

  • subj_code: a random subject code
  • condition: a condition variable listing the 12 conditions
  • desktop_conf: subjects’ confirmation of taking part via PC or Laptop
  • attent_conf: subjects’ confirmation to pay attention
  • scale_orient: counterbalancing factor coding the orientation of the rating scale
  • DV_rating: subjects’ selection in the test phase (main dV); 0 means narrow scope explanation if scale orientation is “narrow left”
  • Story: condition variable coding the sceneario subjects saw
  • LatentF: conditionv ariable coding the relaitve feature diagnosability of the the target features
  • explanation2: the 2nd dv asked in this study: subjects’ explanations of what they would have done hadn’t they been forced to choose between only two options.
  • narrow_check: memory check question asking for the defining features of the narrow scope category (hunter)
  • broad_check: memory check question asking for the defining features of the broad scope category (spear fisherman)
  • age: subjects’ age in year
  • gender: subjects’ gender
  • tech_issues: subjects’ report of potential technical problems
  • narrow_correct: column coding whether narrow_check was answered correctly
  • broad_ocrrect: column coding whether broad_check was answered correctly

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