This folder contains the code to run experiments for the class project.
In this task we are going to study how the inclusion of a visual cue (e.g, a photograph) can influence word recognition.
More info on priming can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priming_(psychology)
In this task we are going to study how well we defer immediate temptation to gain later a greater reward.
More info on delayed gratification can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delayed_gratification
We tend to get stuck with the first piece of information we got, even if it is not completely relevant to the task at hand. In this task we are going to explore how different wording of the same question can affect our answer?
More info on the anchor effect here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchoring
This battle started long ago. We are going to study if people follow their preference on a blind test and if they can truly identify their beloved brand.
Here's the text that was presented for the experiment:
This is a blind test experiment. I have two cups, one of them contains Coke and the other contains Pepsi. Please drink from both. Which one do you like the most? Can you tell the difference? Can you guess which one is coke?
If event A includes event B it means that the probability of B cannot be greater than the probability of A, right? Well, our brains not always function that way. Solving the probability equations on the fly is not as straightforward as we would like and we fall for things that appear to be true rather than crunching the numbers.
If two events are overlapping, the probability that we are trying to estimate is this one:
And if we want to know the probability of one given the other is true:
More info about conjunction fallacy can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjunction_fallacy