Method: Participants: 4 undergraduate college students recruited from a Social Behavior Lab class they are enrolled in at Florida Atlantic University. The participants were not compensated but they did participate because they are a part of a course that rewards credits toward the students undergraduate degree.
All participants contributed 15 observations each
3 participants are female, 1 male
3 participants came from a similar socioeconomic background and had similar observations while one participant came from a more political background and had more political observations
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