***************** Press spacebar onces you have read a scenario Press E for YES or I for no When a single word is shown, participants must decide whether it is a real word or nonword via E or I keypress When answer comprehension questions, the same E and I responsea are required. ***************** ***************** STIMULI ***************** / 1 = "You have been promoted to head the team. You see your new team members are chatting and want to join them. As you walk up to them, you can tell by the look on their faces that you joining them is..." / 2 = "You are meeting your partner's friends for the first time tonight. As you chat with them, you can tell from how they are acting that they think your conversation is quite..." / 3 = "You have promised your brother to pick up his girlfriend from the airport today. The traffic is bad and you are delayed by an hour. You know that when your brother hears you were late, he will be..." / 4 = "You and your friends are trying to choose a film for a movie night. As you suggest a film which you really enjoyed, you see them exchange a look and you know that they think your choice is..." / 5 = "You cancel the lunch plan with your cousin due to your schedule, and you know he will be..." / 6 = "You have just started a new course and don't yet know many people. You are asked a tricky question by the tutor and you do your best to answer. As you look around the room you see some people smiling and realise the smiles are..." / 7 = "You overhear your friend mentioning your name on the phone and they said something that is..." / 8 = "As you walk into a new class, you can tell from the way they greet you that they are..." / 9 = "Your blind date looks surprised when they see you, you know they feel..." / 10 = "You overhear your friends discussing your outfit. They think it is..." / 11 = "Your performance in the play was commented on by the other actors. What they said was very..." / 12 = "You buy a wedding gift for your friend. When she sees the gift, you can tell that she is..." / 13 = "Your friend asks whether you want to go to a play with them. You can't make the day they suggest. You know that when you tell them, your friend is likely to be..." / 14 = "You have found a mistake in your group report. You decide to approach the person who was in charge of that part of the report to talk about the mistake, and as you start to speak, you expect this conversation will be..." / 15 = "You overhear your classmates discussing your contribution to the presentation. They say something..." / 16 = "You are having a reunion dinner with your old classmates. You expect that seeing them again will be quite..." / 17 = "Your new supervisor calls a meeting and asks each of you in turn to say a little about yourself and your area of expertise. After you have finished speaking, you are aware that you've come across..." / 18 = "Your teacher provides you with a lot of feedback, most of it is..." / 19 = "You wait for your mark in anticipation, feeling a sense of..." / 20 = "Your boss asked you to run a project and you think that the workload is quite..." / 21 = "The teacher suggests that your child's behaviour must be due to your parenting style as they are behaving so..." / 22 = "Your colleague asks your opinion about a difficult issue. You tell them your thoughts and by the expression on their face, you know that your advice was..." / 23 = "You recently applied for a work secondment to an interesting project that others are also applying to. You think of your recent performance at work and realise your chance to getting it is relatively..." / 24 = "There will be major changes at your company over the next 3 years, and you think that you will be..." / 25 = "You are having an interview for some funding that you applied for. During the interview, you present your resume to the committee and you can tell that the committee thinks you are..." / 26 = "You are at an interview for your dream job. They ask a tricky question and invite you to share your opinion on the subject. At the end, you can tell by the interviewers' expressions that they thought your answers were..." / 27 = "You receive a letter from the university you applied to, it says that you have been..." / 28 = "You and a more senior colleague work on a spread sheet together. As she reviews what you have done she tells you that all the details are..." / 29 = "You have been working on a bid for more funds for your department. After a month of waiting you find out it has been..." / 30 = "You are in an oral test for your French course. The teacher is very thorough and asks you a lot of questions. At the end of the test, you think your grade will be..." / 31 = "You have been in a new work environment for two months, and you suddenly realise that your ability to do your role is..." / 32 = "You spent a lot of time on a tough course this term. As you login to see your final grade, you suspect all your efforts will have been..." / 33 = "You are about to sit an assessment following a trial period in a new job. As you sit down to take the test you are quite sure you will..." / 34 = "Your new job has changed your life for the..." / 35 = "You have lots of work to do today. After few hours of working, you realise that the speed of your progress has been..." / 36 = "Your company is making a few changes to their salary structure. You think that compared to now, you will soon earn..." / 37 = "You register for a course. Looking at the reading list for the first module, you realise that the time you have for it will be..." / 38 = "You are preparing for your annual work appraisal. You think that passing it will be..." / 39 = "You participate in an art competition. When you see the other entrants' work, you think about your own and know that you winning the prize is quite..." / 40 = "You overhear someone saying that a child in the nursery has meningitis. That night, you go to check on your toddler and find they are..." / 1 = "welcome" / 2 = "interesting" / 3 = "understanding" / 4 = "perfect" / 5 = "understanding" / 6 = "genuine" / 7 = "positive" / 8 = "friendly" / 9 = "pleased" / 10 = "nice" / 11 = "encouraging" / 12 = "delighted" / 13 = "okay" / 14 = "fine" / 15 = "complimentary" / 16 = "enjoyable" / 17 = "great" / 18 = "positive" / 19 = "excitement" / 20 = "easy" / 21 = "well" / 22 = "helpful" / 23 = "high" / 24 = "promoted" / 25 = "qualified" / 26 = "good" / 27 = "accepted" / 28 = "correct" / 29 = "approved" / 30 = "high" / 31 = "improving" / 32 = "rewarded" / 33 = "pass" / 34 = "best" / 35 = "fast" / 36 = "more" / 37 = "sufficient" / 38 = "simple" / 39 = "likely" / 40 = "fine" < item comprehension> / 1 = "Did you head a team?" / 2 = "Did you meet your partner's friends?" / 3 = "Did you get there early?" / 4 = "Were you choosing a film to watch?" / 5 = "Did you plan to have lunch with your friend?" / 6 = "Did you answer an easy question?" / 7 = "Did you hear your friend mentioning your name?" / 8 = "+" / 9 = "+" / 10 = "+" / 11 = "Did you perform in a play?" / 12 = "Did you buy a birthday present?" / 13 = "Did your friend invite you to a play?" / 14 = "+" / 15 = "Did you overhear your parents talking about you?" / 16 = "Are you going to meet your old classmates?" / 17 = "+" / 18 = "Did you get lots of comments from your teacher?" / 19 = "+" / 20 = "+" / 21 = "Was your child ill?" / 22 = "+" / 23 = "Were you the only person who has applied?" / 24 = "+" / 25 = "+" / 26 = "Did you answer some questions in an interview?" / 27 = "+" / 28 = "Did you work with a junior colleague?" / 29 = "Were you applying for funding?" / 30 = "Are you taking a Chinese course?" / 31 = "+" / 32 = "+" / 33 = "Did you sit an assessment last week?" / 34 = "Did you get a new job?" / 35 = "+" / 36 = "+" / 37 = "+" / 38 = "+" / 39 = "Were you entering a music competition?" / 40 = "Did you check in on your child that night?" /size = (900, 70) /position = (50, 50) /halign = center / items = scenario / select = noreplace /size = (900, 70) /position = (50, 50) /halign = center /items = positiveword / select = text.scenario.currentindex /size = (900, 70) /position = (50, 50) /halign = center / items = comprehension / select = text.scenario.currentindex / items = ("+") /size = (900, 70) /position = (50, 50) /halign = center ***************** LISTS ***************** Correct keys refers to the required/correct response for a given comprehension question: "E" = scancode 18 (yes) includes question items (1,2,4,5,7,11,13,16,18,26,29,34,40) "I" = scancode 23 (no) includes question items (3,6,12,15,21,23,28,30,33,39) The portion of scenarios WITHOUT a comprehension question are skipped in trials, and include question items (8,9,10,14,17,19,20,22,24,25,27,31,32,35,36,37,38) - they have been filled with '50'/no correct key, (50 was taken at random given these trials are skipped) ***************** / items = (18, 18, 23, 18, 23, 23, 18, 50, 50, 50, 18, 23, 18, 50, 23, 18, 50, 18, 50, 50, 23, 50, 23, 50, 50, 18, 50, 23, 18, 23, 50, 50, 23, 18, 50, 50, 50, 50, 23, 18) / selectionmode = text.comprehension.currentindex ***************** TRIALS ***************** / stimulustimes = [0=text.fixation] / recorddata = false / showmousecursor = false / timeout = 800 / stimulustimes = [0=text.fixation; 300=text.scenario] / correctresponse = (" ") / validresponse = (" ") / branch = [if(trial.scenario.correct == 1) trial.positiveword] / pretrialpause = 500 / stimulusframes = [1=text.positiveword] / correctresponse = ("E") / validresponse = ("E", "I") / showmousecursor = false / posttrialpause = 800 / ontrialend = [ list.positiveword.insertitem(trial.positiveword.correct, 1); list.overallaccuracy.insertitem(trial.positiveword.correct, 1); if (trial.positiveword.correct) { list.positiveword_correctRT.insertitem(trial.positiveword.latency, 1); list.overallRT.insertitem(trial.positiveword.latency, 1); }; ] / branch = [if(trial.positiveword.count >= 0) trial.comprehension] / stimulusframes = [1=text.comprehension] / validresponse = ("E", "I") / iscorrectresponse = [trial.comprehension.response == list.correctkeys.nextvalue] / skip = [item.comprehension.item(text.scenario.currentindex) == "+";] ***************** BLOCKS ***************** / trials = [1=trial.fixation; 2-40 = noreplace(trial.scenario)] ***************** EXPERIMENT ***************** / blocks = [1=block.LDT] ***************** EXPRESSIONS ***************** We are defining expressions here in order to collect key summary data further down, such as mean, medians, SD etc. These apply to each of the single-target word types namely, positive, negative and nonwords. ***************** / PropCorrect = list.overallaccuracy.mean / MeanRT = list.overallRT.mean / STD = list.overallRT.standarddeviation / MedianRT = list.overallRT.median /PropCorrect_Positiveword = list.positiveword.mean / MeanRT_Positiveword = list.positiveword_correctRT.mean / STD_Positiveword = list.positiveword_correctRT.standarddeviation / MedianRT_Positiveword = list.positiveword_correctRT.median ***************** VALUES ***************** /completed: 0 = script was not completed; 1 = script was completed (all conditions run) AUTOMATICALLY UPDATED ***************** /completed = 0 ***************** SUMMARY DATA ***************** Collect key data based on the expressions above, such as mean, median and SD data from each type of word trial (e.g. positive, negative, mnonword). Both mean and median have been included. Previous studies (e.g. Feng, Hirsch etc) have opted for median since 'the reaction time medians were used in this study instead of means because reaction time means are positively skewed and medians are much more insensitive to the skew of the distribution (Baayen & Milin, 2010) and in keeping with previous research using the LDT task (Hirsch & Mathews, 1997, 2000; Hirsch, Mathews, Clark, Williams, & Morrison 2003; Hirsch et al., 2006). ***************** /columns = (script.startdate, script.starttime, script.subjectid, script.groupid, script.elapsedtime, computer.platform, values.completed, expressions.PropCorrect, expressions.MeanRT, expressions.STD, expressions.MedianRT, expressions.PropCorrect_Positiveword, expressions.MeanRT_Positiveword, expressions.STD_Positiveword, expressions.MedianRT_Positiveword) / separatefiles = true ***************** RAW DATA ***************** /separatefiles = true / columns = (build, computer.platform, date, time, subject, group, blocknum, blockcode, trialnum, trialcode, response, correct, latency, stimulusnumber, stimulusitem, stimulusnumber, stimulusitem)