Table 1.

Scenario and questions for Experiment 1.

In a new cooking show on television, a group of four chefs are charged with the task of preparing a meal in a certain culinary style. A meal is composed of two starters, one main dish and a dessert. The show panel judges each of the four dishes, and determines whether it is successful or not. The group wins the task if the meal is successful, i.e.

•At least one starter is successful •The main dish is successful •The dessert is successful

In other words, if there is a successful starter, a successful main dish, and a successful dessert, then the group wins even if one starter has failed. But if the main dish has failed or the dessert has failed, then the group has failed the task regardless of the success of the other dishes. The four chefs Oren, Benni, Gidi and Doron participate in one of the shows. After receiving their task, they decided to split the preparation between them so that each chef prepares one of the four dishes. The chefs did not agree on who will prepare which dish, so they decided to determine it by chance. It turned out that Oren prepares a starter, Benni prepares a starter, Gidi prepares the main dish, and Doron prepares the dessert

1.How much responsibility, do you think, does each of the chefs have for the success or failure of the task? 2.The show panel has tried the dishes and determined that none of the dishes was successful. Therefore the group has failed the task. To what extent, do you think, is each of the group members to blame for the group’s failure? 3.To what extent, do you think, would each of the group members be to blame had it been determined that Gidi’s main dish was successful, whereas the other three dishes were not? 4.To what extent, do you think, would each of the group members be to blame had it been determined that Benni’s starter was successful, whereas the other three dishes were not?