In diesem Experiment geht es darum, dass Du Wörter, die Dir auf dem Bildschirm präsentiert werden, so schnell wie möglich benennst.
Es wird Dir am Bildschirm ein Kreuz für 1 Sekunde gezeigt, bitte richte Deine Augen auf das Kreuz.
Nach dem Kreuz erscheint an der gleichen Stelle ********* oder ein Wort.
Danach erscheint ein weiteres Wort. Bitte spreche dieses zweite Wort so schnell wie möglich laut aus.
Im Anschluß geht es wieder mit dem Kreuz weiter.
Da die Durchgänge sehr schnell sind, konzentriere Dich bitte so gut wie möglich. Am Anfang bekommst du einige Trainingsdurchgänge
Vielen Dank für Deine Teilnahme.
Haus Auto
********* Auto
„Auto“
„Auto“
Appendix
B.6 Experiment 6a
You are going to see 10 blocks of trials. Before each block you will be prompted with one of the following two words “ Causal?” and “Associative?”
If you were prompted with the word “Causal”, then your task is to decide whether or not there is a causal relation between the two words.
If you were prompted with the word “Associative?” then you have to decide whether or not the words are associated with each other. If the words are not related, please press “N”.
In all other ways the trials will be identical.
On each trial you will to see a cross in the center of the screen.
Please fixate your eyes on that cross.
After the cross disappears, a word will flash in the center of the screen for 1 second. Then a second word will appear.
Examples:
Causal Relation:
If the event described by the first word CAUSES or IS CAUSED BY the event described by the second word, please press "X".
Association:
If the events described are related in some meaningful way, please press "X"
No relation:
There will be a break between each block for 16 seconds.
You will start with practice trials. You will get feedback, if your answer was correct, wrong or too slow, therefore please respond as quickly as possible, but be also sure to answer the question accurately.
After your judgment a new trial will start with the cross.
fire heat
heat fire
X
cat mouse X
ball door N
Appendix
Experiment 6b (fMRI scanner)
You are going to see 10 blocks of trials. Before each block you will be prompted with one of the following two words “ Causal?” or “Associative?”.
If you were prompted with the word “Causal?”, then your task is to decide whether or not there is a causal relation between the two words.
If you were prompted with the word “Associative?” then you have to decide whether or not the words are associated with each other. If the words are not related, please press the right button (middle finger) on your response box.
In all other ways the trials will be identical.
On each trial you will to see a cross in the center of the screen.
Please fixate your eyes on that cross.
After the cross disappears, a word will flash in the center of the screen for 1 second. Then a second word will appear.
Examples:
Causal Relation:
If the event described by the first word CAUSES or IS CAUSED BY the event described by the second word, please press the left button (index finger) on your response box.
or
Association:
If the events described are related in some meaningful way, please press the left button (index finger) on your response box
No relation: Please press the right button (middle finger) on your response box
There will be a break between each block for 16 seconds.
You will start with practice trials where you will get feedback, if your answer was correct, wrong or too slow, therefore please respond as quickly as possible, but be also sure to answer the question accurately. After that a new trial will start with the cross.
spark fire
fire spark
cat mouse
ball door
I M
I M
I M
I M
Appendix
C. Questionnaire
Appendix You will see a list of pairs of words. Between these two words there is a causal relation i.e. the event described by the word in column A can cause or can be caused by the event described by the word in column B.
If there is no causal relation between these two words, then please check "NO" in the causal relation box.
If there is a causal relation between these two words, then there are two things to do:
1. Check "YES" in the causal relation box
2. Imagine that the event described by the word in column A occurs 100 times. How often does then the event described by the word in column B also occur?
Here are some examples:
Causal Relation? If event in column A occurs 100 times, how often does then event in column B occur?
A B
NO YES 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
fire heat X X
nightmare horror movie X X
door pinball X X
If you think that there is a causal relation between fire and heat (fire causes heat), check the "YES" box. Imagine that the event fire did occur 100 times, how often did then heat also occur? If you think that heat occurred 100 times then check the "100" box.
If you think the event in column B occurs e.g. 5 or 65 times, then put the "X" on the line between "0" and "10" or "60" and "70" respectively.
Lebenslauf
Daniela B. Sellner
Geboren am 11. 7. 1973 in Griesbach 1979-1983
Grundschule Ruhstorf a. d. Rott Maristengymnasium Fürstenzell Abitur
Studium der Biologie an der Universität Regensburg.
Studium der Psychologie an der Universität Regensburg.
Vordiplom
Studium der Psychologie an der Vanderbilt University in den USA.
Praktika in der Ergonomieabteilung der Firma Siemens und am MPI für psychologische Forschung.
Visiting Scholar an der University of California in Los Angeles.