Within this set, the researchers randomized how many trials participants would complete: 7, 10, or 13. Then, they gave the option to do 3 or 6 trials more and were asked to record their findings. ResultsMore than 50% of people reported winning in most tests, indicating that some people cheated. In contrast to the cheating effect at the end, the largest number of cheating occurred on the last coin toss, regardless of whether they have 7 or 10, the winning test of the ratio was mostly the last one. However, when taking 13 trials, contestants were more likely to cheat on trial 10 even though they were 3 trials away from completing 13 trials. • Method Study 2Participants completed 20 trials of the coin tossing task; the instructions led them to expect that there will be 10 trials in total, 20 trials in total, or that the number of trials is determined randomly. The cheating effect ultimately predicts more cheating in Trial 10 because contestants would think they only have 10 chances to flip the coin.
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