List of files: Description_of_ESI0106881_Data_Archive.docx - This file contains a detailed description of the experimental method used, the dependent measures, the experiments and additional information about the data file (ESI0106881_Data_Archive.sav). ESI0106881_Data_Archive.sav - This file contains all of the data collected for an ESRC grant where we examined whether passing social information down a chain comprising multiple “generations” of individuals would result in the spontaneous formation of stereotypes. The nature of the experiments within this file are described in more detail in the Description_of_ESI0106881_Data_Archive.docx file. Column Names and Definitions for ESI0106881_Data_Archive.sav “Experiment_Number”: The number of the experiment (for additional information see Description_of_ESI0106881_Data_Archive.docx) “Experiment_Description”: Brief description of the experiment (for additional information see Description_of_ESI0106881_Data_Archive.docx) “G1_Seen_Acc”: Successful transmission data (i.e., accuracy for generation 1 seen aliens) “G1_Unseen_Acc”: Successful transmission data (i.e., accuracy for generation 1 unseen aliens) “G2_Seen_Acc”: Successful transmission data (i.e., accuracy for generation 2 seen aliens) “G2_Unseen_Acc”: Successful transmission data (i.e., accuracy for generation 2 unseen aliens) “G3_Seen_Acc”: Successful transmission data (i.e., accuracy for generation 3 seen aliens) “G3_Unseen_Acc”: Successful transmission data (i.e., accuracy for generation 3 unseen aliens) “G4_Seen_Acc”: Successful transmission data (i.e., accuracy for generation 4 seen aliens) “G4_Unseen_Acc”: Successful transmission data (i.e., accuracy for generation 4 unseen aliens) “G5_Seen_Acc”: Successful transmission data (i.e., accuracy for generation 5 seen aliens) “G5_Unseen_Acc”: Successful transmission data (i.e., accuracy for generation 5 unseen aliens) “G6_Seen_Acc”: Successful transmission data (i.e., accuracy for generation 6 seen aliens) “G6_Unseen_Acc”: Successful transmission data (i.e., accuracy for generation 6 unseen aliens) “G7_Seen_Acc”: Successful transmission data (i.e., accuracy for generation 7 seen aliens) “G7_Unseen_Acc”: Successful transmission data (i.e., accuracy for generation 7 unseen aliens) “G0_Two_Shared_Features_Z”: Generation 0 structure for aliens sharing 2 features (z-score) “G0_One_Shared_Feature_Z”: Generation 0 structure for aliens sharing 1 feature (z-score) “G0_Zero_Shared_Features_Z”: Generation 0 structure for aliens sharing 0 features (z-score) “G1_Two_Shared_Features_Z”: Generation 1 structure for aliens sharing 2 features (z-score) “G1_One_Shared_Feature_Z”: Generation 1 structure for aliens sharing 1 feature (z-score) “G1_Zero_Shared_Features_Z”: Generation 1 structure for aliens sharing 0 features (z-score) “G2_Two_Shared_Features_Z”: Generation 2 structure for aliens sharing 2 features (z-score) “G2_One_Shared_Feature_Z”: Generation 2 structure for aliens sharing 1 feature (z-score) “G2_Zero_Shared_Features_Z”: Generation 2 structure for aliens sharing 0 features (z-score) “G3_Two_Shared_Features_Z”: Generation 3 structure for aliens sharing 2 features (z-score) “G3_One_Shared_Feature_Z”: Generation 3 structure for aliens sharing 1 feature (z-score) “G3_Zero_Shared_Features_Z”: Generation 3 structure for aliens sharing 0 features (z-score) “G4_Two_Shared_Features_Z”: Generation 4 structure for aliens sharing 2 features (z-score) “G4_One_Shared_Feature_Z”: Generation 4 structure for aliens sharing 1 feature (z-score) “G4_Zero_Shared_Features_Z”: Generation 4 structure for aliens sharing 0 features (z-score) “G5_Two_Shared_Features_Z”: Generation 5 structure for aliens sharing 2 features (z-score) “G5_One_Shared_Feature_Z”: Generation 5 structure for aliens sharing 1 feature (z-score) “G5_Zero_Shared_Features_Z”: Generation 5 structure for aliens sharing 0 features (z-score) “G6_Two_Shared_Features_Z”: Generation 6 structure for aliens sharing 2 features (z-score) “G6_One_Shared_Feature_Z”: Generation 6 structure for aliens sharing 1 feature (z-score) “G6_Zero_Shared_Features_Z”: Generation 6 structure for aliens sharing 0 features (z-score) “G7_Two_Shared_Features_Z”: Generation 7 structure for aliens sharing 2 features (z-score) “G7_One_Shared_Feature_Z”: Generation 7 structure for aliens sharing 1 feature (z-score) “G7_Zero_Shared_Features_Z”: Generation 7 structure for aliens sharing 0 features (z-score) Row Definitions for ESI0106881_Data_Archive.sav Each row comprises the data from a single diffusion chain. Each chain has seven generations (i.e., participants). There are data from six experiments with seven diffusion chains per experiment. Details of the individual experiments can be found in the Description_of_ESI0106881_Data_Archive.docx file.