Table 4 Estimates for simultaneous predictors of utility of learning and satisfaction in Experiment 4.

Variable

Beta

95% CI¹

p-value

Beta

95% CI¹

p-value

Ambiguous Agent Selection

0.019

 < 0.001

Art

–

–

–

–

Moral

0.31

0.05, 0.57

0.53

0.25, 0.81

Curiosity

0.13

0.10, 0.16

 < 0.001

0.10

0.07, 0.13

 < 0.001

Average

 − 0.05

 − 0.07, − 0.02

0.001

 − 0.14

 − 0.17, − 0.11

 < 0.001

Ideal

0.01

 − 0.02, 0.04

0.36

0.41

0.38, 0.44

 < 0.001

Satisfaction

0.24

0.21, 0.27

 < 0.001

Reflects a pattern

0.24

0.21, 0.27

 < 0.001

0.11

0.08, 0.14

 < 0.001

Broadness of applicability

0.02

0.00, 0.05

0.086

 − 0.01

 − 0.04, 0.02

0.43

Ambiguous selection * curiosity

0.63

0.004

Moral * curious

0.01

 − 0.03, 0.05

 − 0.06

 − 0.11, − 0.02

Utility of learning

0.28

0.26, 0.31

 < 0.001