Mind Survey - Mind Games Study

Mind and Personality Surveys
Welcome to the Mind and Personality Surveys! What is a mind? Does a dog have a mind? Does a baby? A robot? People often disagree about these things. Some may think that their pets have personalities just like humans. Some insist that robots might well have feelings. And yet others may feel that no one but a conscious, intelligent, feeling human can have a mind. But no one really knows the answers to such deep questions. That’s why we’re asking you. This Mind Survey attempts to uncover the fundamental ways in which people perceive minds differently. To do this, we are asking for a lot of help from many people. We hope you will join this project by devoting about an hour of your time (yes, we know that’s a lot to ask) to the Mind Survey. We ask you for a serious commitment of your thought and energy, in the hope that we can learn how people answer deep questions about minds for themselves. The survey begins with questions about your perceptions of minds. Then, we will ask more about yourself—about your emotions, your personality, and your beliefs. All of the answers we collect are anonymous, of course. If you are joining the survey from the Harvard Study Pool, please enter your SONA ID on the next page so you can be awarded credit. Your answers will still be treated in strict confidence (if you aren’t affiliated with Harvard, there’s no need to include an ID—just enter any number from 0 to 99999999). There are many questions here--it can take as much as an hour to complete the survey. Your answers will be most useful to us if you complete the entire survey. Most people find the questions interesting, but answering all of them could be tiring. If you start, you will not be able to go away and pick up later without disrupting the survey program, so please be prepared to complete all of the survey once you start. After the last page of questions, there will be an explanation of the study and links to related research if you’d like to find out more. Once you begin, you are free to quit the survey at any time, although again, your answers will be useful to us mainly if you complete the whole survey. If you are taking the survey for class credit, the credit will be awarded for the amount you complete--this means you will not be awarded full credit unless you complete the full survey. No personally identifying information will be collected. If you agree to proceed, please click on the appropriate link below.
*I am 18 or over and want to take the Mind Survey!* *I am under 18 and want to take the Mind Survey!* This survey is sponsored by the Mental Control Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Harvard University, and has been approved by the Harvard University Committee on the Use of Human Subjects in Research. If you have questions about your rights in this research, please contact Jane Calhoun, Room 533, 50 Church St., Cambridge, MA 02138. Phone: 617-495-5459. email: jcalhoun@fas.harvard.edu.

Mind and Personality Surveys

Welcome to the Mind and Personality Surveys!

What is a mind? Does a dog have a mind? Does a baby? A robot?

People often disagree about these things. Some may think that their pets have personalities just like humans. Some insist that robots might well have feelings. And yet others may feel that no one but a conscious, intelligent, feeling human can have a mind. But no one really knows the answers to such deep questions.

That’s why we’re asking you. This Mind Survey attempts to uncover the fundamental ways in which people perceive minds differently. To do this, we are asking for a lot of help from many people. We hope you will join this project by devoting about an hour of your time (yes, we know that’s a lot to ask) to the Mind Survey. We ask you for a serious commitment of your thought and energy, in the hope that we can learn how people answer deep questions about minds for themselves.

The survey begins with questions about your perceptions of minds. Then, we will ask more about yourself—about your emotions, your personality, and your beliefs. All of the answers we collect are anonymous, of course. If you are joining the survey from the Harvard Study Pool, please enter your SONA ID on the next page so you can be awarded credit. Your answers will still be treated in strict confidence (if you aren’t affiliated with Harvard, there’s no need to include an ID—just enter any number from 0 to 99999999).

There are many questions here--it can take as much as an hour to complete the survey. Your answers will be most useful to us if you complete the entire survey. Most people find the questions interesting, but answering all of them could be tiring. If you start, you will not be able to go away and pick up later without disrupting the survey program, so please be prepared to complete all of the survey once you start. After the last page of questions, there will be an explanation of the study and links to related research if you’d like to find out more.
Once you begin, you are free to quit the survey at any time, although again, your answers will be useful to us mainly if you complete the whole survey. If you are taking the survey for class credit, the credit will be awarded for the amount you complete--this means you will not be awarded full credit unless you complete the full survey. No personally identifying information will be collected. If you agree to proceed, please click on the appropriate link below.

I am 18 or over and want to take the Mind Survey!

I am under 18 and want to take the Mind Survey!

This survey is sponsored by the Mental Control Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Harvard University, and has been approved by the Harvard University Committee on the Use of Human Subjects in Research. If you have questions about your rights in this research, please contact Jane Calhoun, Room 533, 50 Church St., Cambridge, MA 02138. Phone: 617-495-5459. email: jcalhoun@fas.harvard.edu.