A simple stress test of experimenter demand effects

Theory and Decision

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 219-231

  Fleming, Piers ^a   Zizzo, Daniel John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Social pressure; Altruism; Experimenter demand effects; Social information

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY;

ALTRUISM; EXPERIMENTER DEMAND EFFECTS; SOCIAL INFORMATION; SOCIAL PRESSURES; STRESS TEST;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

EID: 84921699674     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: 15737187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11238-014-9419-2     Document Type: Article

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