___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ *SENTENCE COMPLETION TASK* ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Date: 04-09-2013 last updated: 03-13-2024 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Script Copyright © 03-13-2024 Millisecond Software ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BACKGROUND INFO ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This script implements a Sentence Completion Task (SCT). SCT are general instruments to study information processing and can be used to study - amongst others- cognitive priming effects, semantic bias, and autobiographical memory. The implemented procedure uses the study of autobiographical memory as an example. It is based on: Raes, F., Hermans, D., Williams, J.M.G. & Eelen, P. (2007). A sentence completion procedure as an alternative to the Autobiographical Memory Test for assessing overgeneral memory in non-clinical populations. Memory, 15, 495-507. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ TASK DESCRIPTION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Participants are given 11 sentence completion tasks (11 Stems) to complete. Afterwards they are asked to categorize their own responses into several categories. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DURATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ the default set-up of the script takes appr. 7 minutes to complete ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DATA FILE INFORMATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This script generates 3 data files: - SentenceCompletionTask.iqdat => raw data of sentence completion task - SentenceCompletionTask_Rating.iqdat => raw data of response categorizations - SentenceCompletionTask_summary.iqdat => summary file that contains responses to SCT task AND categorization task (1) Raw data file: 'sentencecompletiontask_survey.iqdat' date, time: date and time script was run with the current group/subjectnumber subject, group, session: with the current subject/groupnumber/session id build: the Inquisit build q*_response: response given q*_latency: how much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveypage with this particular question (the last time this particular surveypage was visited) (2) Raw data file: 'sentencecompletiontask_rating_survey.iqdat' date, time: date and time script was run with the current group/subjectnumber subject, group, session: with the current subject/groupnumber/session id build: the Inquisit build q*_response: response given (in assigned values: 1-8) q*_latency: how much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveypage with this particular question (the last time this particular surveypage was visited) (3) Summary data file: 'sentencecompletiontask_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) textbox.Stem1.response- textbox.Stem11.response: the responses to the 11 Stem qu radiobuttons.Rating1.response- radiobuttons.Rating11.response: the individual ratings (1-8) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2 surveys: SentenceCompletionTask: 11 sentence completion task with default Stems (see section Editable Parameters) Ratings (optional): Participant categorization of the responses ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ INSTRUCTIONS ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ see section Editable Parameters ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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: /stem1-stem11: the particular Stems used in this script /instructions: the instructions to appear with the Stem questions /participant_responserating: 1 = participants are asked to categorize their sentences (default) Note: to change the response categories go to RATING QUESTIONS and change the setting OPTIONS for each question 0 = participants are not asked to categorize their sentences