A simple stress test of experimenter demand effects

Piers Fleming and Daniel Zizzo

Theory and Decision, 2015, vol. 78, issue 2, 219-231

Abstract: 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. Copyright The Author(s) 2015

Keywords: Altruism; Experimenter demand effects; Social information; Social pressure; B41; C72; C91; D64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/s11238-014-9419-2

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