By ed9498 - 8/8/2017
Hi all,
I'm new to this forum and new to developing IATs so any advice would be most welcomed. I have no idea what I'm doing, really. Basically, I want create an IAT in which both attributes are represented by words as stimuli, and both targets are represented by pictures. I couldn't find any double target picture IATs in the millisecond library otherwise I would have downloaded one as a template (unless anyone knows of any?). So, I'm thinking about trying to adapt a standard IAT by replacing words with pictures for the two targets.
Would I simply need to edit the "Stimuli" section by changing this:
<text targetA>
/ items = targetA
/ fontstyle = ("Arial", 5%)
</text>
To this?
<picture targetA>
/ items = targetA
/ size = (20%, 20%)
</picture>
Also, would I need to edit any other sections? Thanks in advance!
Eric
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By Dave - 8/8/2017
+xHi all, I'm new to this forum and new to developing IATs so any advice would be most welcomed. I have no idea what I'm doing, really. Basically, I want create an IAT in which both attributes are represented by words as stimuli, and both targets are represented by pictures. I couldn't find any double target picture IATs in the millisecond library otherwise I would have downloaded one as a template (unless anyone knows of any?). So, I'm thinking about trying to adapt a standard IAT by replacing words with pictures for the two targets. Would I simply need to edit the "Stimuli" section by changing this: <text targetA> / items = targetA / fontstyle = ("Arial", 5%) </text> To this? <picture targetA> / items = targetA / size = (20%, 20%) </picture> Also, would I need to edit any other sections? Thanks in advance! Eric
The changes you outlined are basically correct. Instead of having <text> elements as your "targets" (<text targetA> and <text targetB>), you'd simply have <picture> elements instead (<picture targetA> and <picture targetB>).
But there actually are a number of picture IATs available in the library (https://www.millisecond.com/download/library/iat/), among others the generic flowers / insects Picture IAT: https://www.millisecond.com/download/library/v5/iat/pictureiat/pictureiat.iqzip
There's also a (simplified) picture IAT tutorial contained in the documentation, which should help you understand the basic structure of the code better.
https://www.millisecond.com/support/docs/v5/html/tutorials/pictureiat/pictureiattutorial.htm
For any real-world use, though, I would recommend using one of the library templates as the basis for your own IAT.
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