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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Behav Decis Mak. 2011 Aug 12;25(5):502–511. doi: 10.1002/bdm.750

Table 1.

Exemplar Page From Social Discounting Task (Person # 50)

A. $155 for you alone. B. $75 for you and $75 for the # 50 person on the list.
A. $145 for you alone. B. $75 for you and $75 for the # 50 person on the list.
A. $135 for you alone. B. $75 for you and $75 for the # 50 person on the list.
A. $125 for you alone. B. $75 for you and $75 for the # 50 person on the list.
A. $115 for you alone. B. $75 for you and $75 for the # 50 person on the list.
A. $105 for you alone. B. $75 for you and $75 for the # 50 person on the list.
A. $95 for you alone. B. $75 for you and $75 for the # 50 person on the list.
A. $85 for you alone. B. $75 for you and $75 for the # 50 person on the list.
A. $75 for you alone. B. $75 for you and $75 for the # 50 person on the list.

Imagine you made a list of the 100 people closest to you in the world ranging from your dearest friend or relative at #1 to a mere acquaintance at #100. Now imagine the following choices between an amount of money for you [A] and an amount for the # 50 person on the list [B]. Circle A or B to indicate which you would choose in EACH line.