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deh - 3/4/2020

Hi,
I am very unfamiliar with programming in general, and also am with this Inquisit program.
The thing that I would like to do sounds simple, but I found it difficult to actually program as it might need some conditional randomization or selection for items.
I want to randomly present a face with a name and a description of the target (e.g., "Lucy helped a homeless man") for each trial without replacement. I wish I could just randomly present a face, name, and a behavior, but the tricky part is that gender of the names should match the gender of the faces in each trial. Is there a way I could randomly choose names but according to the gender of the face?

Thank you,

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Dave - 3/4/2020

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deh - 3/4/2020

Hi,
I am very unfamiliar with programming in general, and also am with this Inquisit program.
The thing that I would like to do sounds simple, but I found it difficult to actually program as it might need some conditional randomization or selection for items.
I want to randomly present a face with a name and a description of the target (e.g., "Lucy helped a homeless man") for each trial without replacement. I wish I could just randomly present a face, name, and a behavior, but the tricky part is that gender of the names should match the gender of the faces in each trial. Is there a way I could randomly choose names but according to the gender of the face?

Thank you,

It's possible to do using conditional selection, but I don't think you need any if you simply set up two separate <trial> elements -- one for female faces/names, and the other one for male faces/names.

<block example>
/ trials = [1-10 = noreplace(f,m)]
</block>

<values>
/ selectedname = ""
</values>

<trial f>
/ ontrialbegin = [
    values.selectedname = list.f_names.nextvalue;
]
/ stimulusframes = [1=femaleface, statement]
/ validresponse = (57)
</trial>

<trial m>
/ ontrialbegin = [
    values.selectedname = list.m_names.nextvalue;
]
/ stimulusframes = [1=maleface, statement]
/ validresponse = (57)
</trial>

<picture femaleface>
/ items = f_faces
</picture >

<item f_faces>
/ 1 = "female_01.jpg"
/ 2 = "female_02.jpg"
/ 3 = "female_03.jpg"
/ 4 = "female_04.jpg"
/ 5 = "female_05.jpg"
</item>

<list f_names>
/ items = ("Anna", "Barbara", "Christine", "Danielle", "Evelyn")
</list>

<picture maleface>
/ items = m_faces
</picture >

<item m_faces>
/ 1 = "male_01.jpg"
/ 2 = "male_02.jpg"
/ 3 = "male_03.jpg"
/ 4 = "male_04.jpg"
/ 5 = "male_05.jpg"
</item>

<list m_names>
/ items = ("Andrew", "Bob", "Carl", "Dennis", "Edward")
</list>

<text statement>
/ items = statements
/ position = (50%, 75%)
</text>

<item statements>
/ 1 = "<%values.selectedname%> performed action A."
/ 2 = "<%values.selectedname%> performed action B."
/ 3 = "<%values.selectedname%> performed action C."
/ 4 = "<%values.selectedname%> performed action D."
/ 5 = "<%values.selectedname%> performed action E."
/ 6 = "<%values.selectedname%> performed action F."
/ 7 = "<%values.selectedname%> performed action G."
/ 8 = "<%values.selectedname%> performed action H."
/ 9 = "<%values.selectedname%> performed action I."
/ 10 = "<%values.selectedname%> performed action J."
</item>

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deh - 3/4/2020

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Dave - 3/4/2020

+x

 

deh - 3/4/2020

Hi,
I am very unfamiliar with programming in general, and also am with this Inquisit program.
The thing that I would like to do sounds simple, but I found it difficult to actually program as it might need some conditional randomization or selection for items.
I want to randomly present a face with a name and a description of the target (e.g., "Lucy helped a homeless man") for each trial without replacement. I wish I could just randomly present a face, name, and a behavior, but the tricky part is that gender of the names should match the gender of the faces in each trial. Is there a way I could randomly choose names but according to the gender of the face?

Thank you,

It's possible to do using conditional selection, but I don't think you need any if you simply set up two separate <trial> elements -- one for female faces/names, and the other one for male faces/names.

<block example>
/ trials = [1-10 = noreplace(f,m)]
</block>

<values>
/ selectedname = ""
</values>

<trial f>
/ ontrialbegin = [
    values.selectedname = list.f_names.nextvalue;
]
/ stimulusframes = [1=femaleface, statement]
/ validresponse = (57)
</trial>

<trial m>
/ ontrialbegin = [
    values.selectedname = list.m_names.nextvalue;
]
/ stimulusframes = [1=maleface, statement]
/ validresponse = (57)
</trial>

<picture femaleface>
/ items = f_faces
</picture >

<item f_faces>
/ 1 = "female_01.jpg"
/ 2 = "female_02.jpg"
/ 3 = "female_03.jpg"
/ 4 = "female_04.jpg"
/ 5 = "female_05.jpg"
</item>

<list f_names>
/ items = ("Anna", "Barbara", "Christine", "Danielle", "Evelyn")
</list>

<picture maleface>
/ items = m_faces
</picture >

<item m_faces>
/ 1 = "male_01.jpg"
/ 2 = "male_02.jpg"
/ 3 = "male_03.jpg"
/ 4 = "male_04.jpg"
/ 5 = "male_05.jpg"
</item>

<list m_names>
/ items = ("Andrew", "Bob", "Carl", "Dennis", "Edward")
</list>

<text statement>
/ items = statements
/ position = (50%, 75%)
</text>

<item statements>
/ 1 = "<%values.selectedname%> performed action A."
/ 2 = "<%values.selectedname%> performed action B."
/ 3 = "<%values.selectedname%> performed action C."
/ 4 = "<%values.selectedname%> performed action D."
/ 5 = "<%values.selectedname%> performed action E."
/ 6 = "<%values.selectedname%> performed action F."
/ 7 = "<%values.selectedname%> performed action G."
/ 8 = "<%values.selectedname%> performed action H."
/ 9 = "<%values.selectedname%> performed action I."
/ 10 = "<%values.selectedname%> performed action J."
</item>

Thank you so much for your response! This is really helpful. I have one more question though.
Would the statements not be repeated if I have only 10 trials?