Neutral versus loaded instructions in a bribery experiment
通过贿赂实验比较中性表述与情境化表述对实验结果的影响，发现两种表述下被试行为无显著差异，表明中性表述已能传达贿赂情境的核心特征。
Abstract This paper contributes to the ongoing methodological debate on context-free versus in-context presentation of experimental tasks. We report an experiment using the paradigm of a bribery experiment. In one condition, the task is presented in a typical bribery context, the other one uses abstract wording. Though the underlying context is heavily loaded with negative ethical preconceptions, we do not find significant differences with our 18 independent observations per treatment. We conjecture that the experimental design transmits the essential features of a bribery situation already with neutral framing, such that the presentation does not add substantially to subjects’ interpretation of the task.