This research is being conducted under the supervision of Professor Steven Pinker. The questionnaire will take approximately fifteen minutes to complete. In this study, we will be asking your opinions about various statements. You will first be asked to answer some basic demographic questions, and will then read a series of statements and answer some questions regarding these statements. This research is being done to understand how people react to different kinds of social situations.

Please understand that your participation in the research is voluntary and that you are free to withdraw your consent and discontinue participation in the research at any time by simply closing your web browser.

All of the information that we obtain from your session will be kept confidential. We will store the records in a locked cabinet, or a secure computer, and a code number will be used to identify your records in our data analysis. Your name or your identifying information will not be used in any reports of the research. Your IP address will not be recorded, so your responses are completely anonymous. This information will be destroyed after 5 years.

There is no direct benefit to you from participating in this research.

If you have any questions about the research, you may contact Kyle Thomas by email kathomas@fas.harvard.edu or by phone at (831)588-8031 or Steven Pinker by email at pinker@wjh.harvard.edu or by phone at (617)495-0831.

If you have any questions please email the experimenter at the address above. By clicking on the "Next" button below, you agree that the nature and purpose of this survey have been satisfactorily explained to you, you agree to become a participant, and you understand that you are free to discontinue participation at any time by simply closing your web browser. Incomplete survey results will not be used in the final analysis, so if you do this none of your data will be used