User Manual: Inquisit Implicit Positive and Negative Affect Test (IPANAT)


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					IMPLICIT POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT TEST (IPANAT)
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Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Date: 04-15-2014
last updated:  07-26-2023 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC

Script Copyright © 07-26-2023 Millisecond Software

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BACKGROUND INFO 	
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This script implements the Implicit Positive and Negative Affect Test (IPANAT) as described in:

Quirin, M., Miguel Kaze´n, M., & Kuhl, J. (2009). When Nonsense Sounds Happy or Helpless: The Implicit Positive 
and Negative Affect Test (IPANAT). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97, 500–516.

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OVERVIEW
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Participants are presented 6 surveyPages for 6 nonsense words. Each surveyPage
contains 6 Likert Scales: 3 scales to rate how well positive adjectives
describe the current nonsense word and 3 scales to rate how well negative adjectives
desribe the current nonsense word.

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DURATION 
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the default set-up of the script takes appr. 3 minutes to complete

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DATA OUTPUT DICTIONARY
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The fields in the data files are:

(1) Raw data file: 'ipanat.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)
									Scale: 1 (doesn't fit at all) - 4 (fits very well)
									No reversed scored questions
									
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) Summary data file: 'ipanat_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)

meanPA1-
meanNA3:						Mean rating for each of the 6 adjectives	(P = positive, N = negative)
								=> the higher the mean ratings the more participant judged the particular positive/negative adjectives 
								to 'describe' the nonsense words.

meanPA:							Mean rating for the Positive adjectives
								=> the higher the mean rating the more participant judged positive adjectives to 'describe' the nonsense words.
								
meanNA: 						Mean rating for the Negative adjectives						
								=> the higher the mean rating the more participant judged negative adjectives to 'describe' the nonsense words.
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QUESTIONNAIRE SET-UP
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(a) 6 surveyPages shown in the following order
1. SAFME
2. VIKES
3. TUNBA
4. TALEB
5. BELNI
6. SUKOV

* To randomize the order of the surveyPages, go to section SURVEY and follow instructions.

(b) the order of the adjectives is the same for all nonsense words:
pos1 -> neg1 -> pos2 -> neg2 -> pos3 -> neg3

To randomize the order of the adjectives, go to section SURVEYPAGES and follow instructions.

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STIMULI
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The adjectives can be edited under section EDITABLE STIMULI

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INSTRUCTIONS 
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Instructions are original and are presented via an html page

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EDITABLE CODE 
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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.