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Experiment Instructions

Political corruption threatens public welfare and national security. Fighting political corruption is a significant priority for the FBI.

Investigations of a politician for political corruption often start with suspicion and allegation regarding a politician. In this experiment, you are going to see images of different politicians who hold similar offices. You will guess how likely each politician would be suspected by the FBI for investigating political corruption.

There are no right or wrong answers. So please provide your most honest responses.

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Experiment Instructions (continued)

For each politician, you will see the following experiment screen:

Please enter your answer by pressing a number key 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 on the top row of your computer keyboard. Clicking the numbers on the screen will NOT work. After you enter your response, the experiment will automatically move on to the next trial.

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Experiment Instructions (continued)

Your progress will be displayed at the top of the screen. You will be given the option to take a short break after completing a certain number of trials.

After entering all the responses, you will complete a brief survey.

You are about to start the experiment now. Please expand your web browser window to full screen. When you are ready, please click 'Start Experiment'.

Start Experiment

How likely would someone try to bribe this politician for favors?

How likely would the FBI suspect this politician of corruption?

Section Completed!

You have completed a section. You can take a break now if you want. When you are ready to start the next session, please click 'Proceed'

How likely would someone try to bribe this politician for favors?

How likely would the FBI suspect this politician of corruption?

Section Completed!

You have completed rating the images. Please move ahead to fill the survey to submit your response

Survey


You have finished all trials. Please complete the following survey.

1. Please enter your age.

2. Please indicate your gender.

Man

Woman

Non-binary

Other

3. Please indicate your race.

White

Black or African American

American Indian or Alaska Native

Asian

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

4. What is the highest level of education you have completed?

Less than high school credential

High school credential

Some post-high-school, no bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

Graduate degree

5. What languages did you grow up learning first?

Arabic

Chinese

English

French

German

Greek

Hindi

Italian

Japanese

Korean

Russian

Spanish

Tagalog

Vietnamese

Some other languages


Thank you for Fillling out the Survey! Please click 'Submit'.

 

 

You have completed this study. Thank you!

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