All participants read: Imagine you are a manager at a large technology firm. You are overseeing an important new project and need to choose a team to assign to this project. Your assistant has compiled a list of all teams at the company. Only two teams could start soon enough to keep the project on schedule: Team A and Team B. Then, they are randomly assigned to either the better or worse condition. In the beter condition, participants read: Looking at your assistant’s profiles of each of these two teams, you see that your assistant has rated Team A as significantly more qualified than Team B. In the worse condition, participants read: Looking at your assistant’s profiles of each of these two teams, you see that your assistant has rated Team B as significantly less qualified than Team A. Participants in all conditions then read the following questions [all questions on a -5 to 5 numbered scale with anchors at -5= Extremely unqualified, (1) 0= Middle of the pack (6), 5= Extremely qualified (11)] Based on this, how qualified do you think Team A is? Based on this, how qualified do you think Team B is? Based on this, how qualified do you think the worst team at the company is? Based on this, how qualified do you think the best team at the company is? Based on this, how qualified do you think the average team at the company is? All participants then read: Finally, please answer these questions: Which team was rated as more qualified by your assistant? [Team A (1), Team B (4), Don't remember (3)] My gender is: [Male (1), Female (2), Non-binary (3)] My age is [blank space for numeric answers] If you have any comments, please leave them below [blank multiline space for answers]