Mean probabilities assigned by subjects responding “as did other students who did not know what happened” (Experiment 3)
| Experimental group | n | Outcome provided | Outcome evaluated | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Note: Outlined cells are those with After (ignore) probabilities of reported outcomes. | ||||||
| Event A: British-Gurka struggle | ||||||
| Before | 21 | None | 26.4 | 24.5 | 29.5 | 19.5 |
| After (ignore) | 17 | 11 | 39.4 | 22.4 | 20.3 | 18.8 |
| 17 | 2 | 18.8 | 42.6 | 20.3 | 20.0 | |
| 22 | 3 | 31.1 | 21.2 | 26.6 | 20.0 | |
| 17 | 4 | 28.2 | 21.9 | 23.7 | 26.2 | |
| Event B: Near-riot in Atlanta | ||||||
| Before | 20 | None | 11.0 | 24.0 | 41.8 | 23.2 |
| After (ignore) | 17 | 11 | 15.0 | 24.7 | 36.5 | 23.8 |
| 18 | 2 | 13.2 | 36.0 | 35.2 | 14.6 | |
| 19 | 3 | 4.8 | 22.5 | 51.1 | 21.6 | |
| 16 | 4 | 12.3 | 26.4 | 38.4 | 22.8 | |
| Event C: Mrs Dewar in therapy | ||||||
| Before | 21 | None | 19.6 | 15.9 | 24.0 | 40.5 |
| After (ignore) | 18 | 11 | 20.3 | 20.0 | 28.3 | 31.4 |
| 18 | 2 | 31.9 | 23.3 | 14.8 | 30.0 | |
| 16 | 3 | 30.6 | 12.5 | 26.9 | 30.1 | |
| 19 | 4 | 12.5 | 20.4 | 22.6 | 44.4 | |
| Event D: George in therapy | ||||||
| Before | 19 | None | 30.7 | 22.4 | 39.2 | 7.8 |
| After (ignore) | 15 | 11 | 46.0 | 15.3 | 30.0 | 8.7 |
| 16 | 2 | 22.5 | 36.6 | 34.1 | 6.9 | |
| 17 | 3 | 19.8 | 14.8 | 57.7 | 7.8 | |
| 16 | 4 | 23.5 | 18.3 | 40.3 | 17.8 | |