STEP E-Prime Scripts: Student Submissions
These scripts were created by students in Dr. MacWhinney's Research Methods class in Fall 2002 as their final project. They are in no particular order.
Algebra Strategies Investigates whether being taught to solve algebra problems practically or algebraically is more effective. Animal Stroop Investigates whether seeing the name of an animal superimposed over a picture of an animal slows naming of the pictured animal. Bidirectional Priming -- paper Investigates whether seeing associated or non-associated words will improve categorization of both. Bilingual Stroop Investigates whether English and French color words will interfere with each other. Color Danger Evaluation -- paper Investigates whether situations are rated as more or less dangerous based on the "dangerousness" of the color they are presented over. Decision Distractors for Letters Investigates whether distractors will prevent letter categorization if they are presented around an attended location. Emotional Content Recall - WARNING: some explicit content - paper Investigates whether pleasant or unpleasant images interfere with recall of words. False Memories Investigates whether false memories will be generated at various speeds of presentation of lists of words. Gender Implicit Attitudes Investigates attitudes toward gender using the Implicit Attitude Assessment technique. Gender Language Competition -- paper Investigates whether the gender of actors/patients in sentences influences which noun is picked as the subject of a sentence. Horizontal Vertical Math Investigates whether horizontally or vertically presented addition problems are easier to solve, and whether "carrying" has an effect. Implicit Trigger Learning -- paper Investigates whether participants will implicitly learn that a response follows a particular image in a series of images. Percieved Distance - WARNING: this does not include the studied materials -- paper Investigates how participants perceive distance in a presented environment. Shape Stroop Investigates how difficult color and shape are to verify for "easy" and "hard" shapes and colors. Visual Auditory Rhyme Investigates whether participants are more likely to identify a word as rhyming with another word if the words resemble each other visually.
For more information or to submit scripts, please contact Susan Campbell at Carnegie Mellon.