Intervention (Hidden)
There are no interventions in this experiment. Experimental manipulations include vignettes which make salient information and constructs with which the outcome variables are intended to be causally linked. The primary vignette group has a 2x2 design which varies belief in karma (present or absent) and gender (male or female). The content of each vignette follows.
Treatment 1: Male protagonist + Belief in karma salient
Imagine a community similar to the one you live in. Residents in this community have different opinions and beliefs.
You’ll be told a story about such a community. Please pay close attention to the story, as you’ll be asked questions about it later.
In this community, there is an individual named Pavan who has resided here since he was born. Pavan is now 35 years old and is married, has two children (a son and a daughter of 17 and 18 years old), and works as a cashier in a local small grocery shop.
Last year, this community suffered extreme rainfalls that caused many tragedies in the area. The rainfalls prompted numerous fatalities, flooded most agricultural fields that reduced the production of essential food, and destroyed vital infrastructure in schools, hospitals, houses and industries.
People in this community strongly believe in karma, and they believe the rainfalls were caused by having bad karma because of their past wrongdoings. They believe they were being punished because there are positive and negative karmic consequences to their good or bad actions from the past.
Pavan uses DFS in his kirana shop.
Pavan recently faced a problem with a digital payment in one of the platforms he uses (like PhonePe, GPay, PayTM) and is contemplating how to deal with it.
Treatment 2: Female protagonist + Belief in karma salient
Imagine a community similar to the one you live in. Residents in this community have different opinions and beliefs.
You’ll be told a story about such a community. Please pay close attention to the story, as you’ll be asked questions about it later.
In this community, there is an individual named Pallavi who has resided here since she was born. Pallavi is now 35 years old and is married, has two children (a son and a daughter of 17 and 18 years old), and works as a cashier in a local small grocery shop.
Last year, this community suffered extreme rainfalls that caused many tragedies in the area. The rainfalls prompted numerous fatalities, flooded most agricultural fields that reduced the production of essential food, and destroyed vital infrastructure in schools, hospitals, houses and industries.
People in this community strongly believe in karma, and they believe the rainfalls were caused by having bad karma because of their past wrongdoings. They believe they were being punished because there are positive and negative karmic consequences to their good or bad actions from the past.
Pallavi uses DFS in her kirana shop.
Pallavi recently faced a problem with a digital payment in one of the platforms she uses (like PhonePe, GPay, PayTM) and is contemplating how to deal with it.
Treatment 3: Male protagonist + Belief in karma not salient
Imagine a community similar to the one you live in. Residents in this community have different opinions and beliefs.
You’ll be told a story about such a community. Please pay close attention to the story, as you’ll be asked questions about it later.
In this community, there is an individual named Pavan who has resided here since he was born. Pavan is now 35 years old and is married, has two children (a son and a daughter of 17 and 18 years old), and works as a cashier in a local small grocery shop.
Last year, this community suffered extreme rainfalls that caused many tragedies in the area. The rainfalls prompted numerous fatalities, flooded most agricultural fields that reduced the production of essential food, and destroyed vital infrastructure in schools, hospitals, houses and industries.
Pavan uses DFS in his kirana shop.
Pavan recently faced a problem with a digital payment in one of the platforms he uses (like PhonePe, GPay, PayTM) and is contemplating how to deal with it.
Treatment 4: Female protagonist + Belief in karma not salient
Imagine a community similar to the one you live in. Residents in this community have different opinions and beliefs.
You’ll be told a story about such a community. Please pay close attention to the story, as you’ll be asked questions about it later.
In this community, there is an individual named Pallavi who has resided here since she was born. Pallavi is now 35 years old and is married, has two children (a son and a daughter of 17 and 18 years old), and works as a cashier in a local small grocery shop.
Last year, this community suffered extreme rainfalls that caused many tragedies in the area. The rainfalls prompted numerous fatalities, flooded most agricultural fields that reduced the production of essential food, and destroyed vital infrastructure in schools, hospitals, houses and industries.
Pallavi uses DFS in her kirana shop.
Pallavi recently faced a problem with a digital payment in one of the platforms she uses (like PhonePe, GPay, PayTM) and is contemplating how to deal with it.