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Experiment Instructions

You are a xenopsychologist (a specialist in alien behavior) assigned to observe aliens on the planet Lumenara. There are several groups of aliens living in Lumenara. Each group has their unique eye color.

Experiment Instructions

On Lumenara, the most critical resource is this blue mineral:

Your Task is to learn about the resource-mining capability of aliens in the red-eye group.

Experiment Instructions

To estimate this group's mining capability, you will see evaluations made by previous xenopsychologists (our prior participants) who observed mining behavior of red-eye aliens . In each round, you will see two options regarding the red-eye aliens' performance and will guess which option was chosen by prior participants (left figure). Then, you will see what they actually chose (right figure). The outcomes may include decimals because they show group averages. You will see responses from 4 xenopsychologists.

Which record do you think was selected by a prior xenopsychologist to describe the number of minerals the red-eye aliens extracted in 10 attempts?

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You have finished reviewing the records from 4 xenopsychologists. You will now observe the actual mining behavior of 5 aliens from this red-eye alien group.

The mining behavior of this alien:

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You have finished observing 5 individuals from the red-eye alien group.

You will now see a series of choices. On each trial, two mining records will be displayed. Based on what you learned from other xenopsychologists and what you observed yourself to decide which record better reflects how many minerals red-eye aliens typically extracted in 10 attempts on average.

Which one do you think better reflects how many minerals the red-eye aliens typically extracted in 10 attempts?

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