Block: Non-experimental heuristics and biases [Wave 4]

• Element Type: Block

• Block Type: Standard

• Block Name: Non-experimental heuristics and biases

Questions In This Block:

Question QID288

Question Type: Matrix

Question Text:

Please rate the following technology or products from “not at all beneficial” to “extremely beneficial”

Questions	not at all beneficial	low benefit	slightly beneficial	neutral	moderately beneficial	very beneficial	extremely beneficial
bicycles	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐
alcoholic beverages	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐
chemical plants	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐
pesticides	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐

Question QID289

Question Type: Matrix

Question Text:

Please rate the following technology or products from “not at all risky” to “extremely risky”

Questions	not at all risky	low risk	slightly risky	neutral	moderately risky	very risky	extremely risky
bicycles	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐
alcoholic beverages	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐
chemical plants	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐
pesticides	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐

Question QID291

Question Type: Multiple Choice

Question Text:

Imagine that there will be a deadly flu going around your area next winter. Your doctor says that you have a 10% chance (10 out of 100) of dying from this flu. However, a new flu vaccine has been developed and tested. If taken, the vaccine prevents you from catching the deadly flu. However, there is one serious risk involved with taking this vaccine. The vaccine is made from a somewhat weaker type of flu virus, and there is a 5% (5 out of 100) risk of the vaccine causing you to die from the weaker type of flu. Imagine that this vaccine is completely covered by health insurance. If you had to decide now, which would you choose?

Options:

• I would definitely not take the vaccine. I would thus accept the 10% chance of dying from this flu.

• I would probably not take the vaccine. I would thus accept the 10% chance of dying from this flu.

• I would probably take the vaccine. I would thus accept the 5% chance of dying from the weaker flu in the vaccine

• I would definitely take the vaccine. I would thus accept the 5% chance of dying from the weaker flu in the vaccine.

Question QID196

Question Type: Multiple Choice

Question Text:

Assume that you are presented with two trays of black and white marbles, a large tray that contains 100 marbles and a small tray that contains 10 marbles. The marbles are spread in a single layer in each tray. You must draw out one marble (without peeking, of course) from either tray. If you draw a black marble you win $2. Consider a condition in which the small tray contains 1 black marble and 9 white marbles, and the large tray contains 8 black marbles and 92 white marbles. From which tray would you prefer to select a marble in a real situation?

Options:

• the small tray

• the large tray

Question QID290

Question Type: Slider

Question Text:

What percentage of the public do you think supports the following policies? For each policy, choose a number from 0% to 100%.

Range:

• Minimum: 0

• Maximum: 100

• Tick Interval: 10