__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ *SELVES QUESTIONNAIRE* __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Date: 01-14-2013 last updated: 02-28-2022 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Script Copyright © 02-28-2022 Millisecond Software ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BACKGROUND INFO ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This script implements the Selves Questionnaire as described by Dr. E. T. Higgins: Higgins Lab: http://higginsweb.psych.columbia.edu/research/ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ TASK DESCRIPTION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ participants are asked to list 10 (default) attributes for actual, ideal, ought self ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DURATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ the default set-up of the script takes appr. 5 minutes to complete ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DATA FILE INFORMATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The default data stored in the data files are: (1) Raw data file: 'selvesquestionnaire_raw*.iqdat' (a separate file for each participant) build: The specific Inquisit version used (the 'build') that was run computer.platform: the platform the script was run on (win/mac/ios/android) date, time: date and time script was run subject, group: with the current subject/groupnumber session: with the current session id blockcode, blocknum: the name and number of the current block (built-in Inquisit variable) trialcode, trialnum: the name and number of the currently recorded trial (built-in Inquisit variable) Note: trialnum is a built-in Inquisit variable; it counts all trials run; even those that do not store data to the data file such as feedback trials. Thus, trialnum may not reflect the number of main trials run per block. stimulusitem: the presented stimuli in order of trial presentation response: the participant's response (scancode of response buttons) latency: the response latency (in ms); measured from: trial onset (2) Summary data file: 'selvesquestionnaire_summary*.iqdat' (a separate file for each participant) inquisit.version: Inquisit version run computer.platform: the platform the script was run on (win/mac/ios/android) startdate: date script was run starttime: time script was started subjectid: assigned subject id number groupid: assigned group id number sessionid: assigned session id number elapsedtime: time it took to run script (in ms); measured from onset to offset of script completed: 0 = script was not completed (prematurely aborted); 1 = script was completed (all conditions run) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ * 3 blocks (block.ideal, block.actual, block.ought) by default are called randomly without replacement. To change this to a sequential call, go to EXPERIMENT-> exp and change how the blocks are called. Taken from Higgins Lab: "In the following questionnaire, you will be asked to list the attributes of the type of person you think you actually, ideally, and ought to be: Actual self: Your beliefs concerning the attributes you think you actually possess. Ideal self: Your beliefs concerning the attributes you would like ideally to possess; your ultimate goals for yourself. Ought self: Your beliefs concerning the attributes you believe you should or ought to possess; your normative rules or prescriptions for yourself. Each page of the questionnaire focuses on a different domain (i.e., actual, ideal, and ought self-concepts are written about on three different pages). Calculating Self-Discrepancy: (a) Compare the attributes listed for the actual self-concept with those listed for the ideal self-concept. Determine which attributes match (appear on the lists for both actual self-concept and ideal self-concept), and which attributes mismatch (i.e., an attribute on one self-concept list is the opposite or an antonym of an attribute on another self-concept list). Synonyms and antonyms are operationally defined in terms of Roget’s Thesaurus. Repeat the process for the actual self-concept list and the ought self-concept list. (b) Calculate the self-discrepancy score by subtracting the total number of actualideal matches from the total number of actual-ideal mismatches. The same calculation is used for the actual-ought self-discrepancy score." ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ INSTRUCTIONS ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Instructions are not original to the task. They are provided by Millisecond Software as htm/html pages and can be edited by changing the provided htm/html files. To edit htm/html-files: open the respective documents in simple Text Editors such as TextEdit (Mac) or Notepad (Windows). ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ EDITABLE CODE ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ check below for (relatively) easily editable parameters, stimuli, instructions etc. Keep in mind that you can use this script as a template and therefore always "mess" with the entire code to further customize your experiment. The parameters you can change are: /numberofattributes: sets how many attributes participants are supposed to list (default: 10)