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Hello,
I am attempting to adapt a script from the Millisecond Test Library. I am specifically trying to adapt the Affective Priming Procedure.
In the test library, the script uses 24 pleasant primes and 24 unpleasant primes that also serve as the targets in the task. Here is the code:
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<item UnpleasantPrimes>
/1 = "EVIL"
/2 = "CANCER"
/3 = "SICKNESS"
/4 = "DISASTER"
/5 = "POVERTY"
/6 = "VOMIT"
/7 = "BOMB"
/8 = "ROTTEN"
/9 = "ABUSE"
/10 = "MURDER"
/11 = "ASSAULT"
/12 = "SLIME"
/13 = "DIVORCE"
/14 = "POISON"
/15 = "KILL"
/16 = "DEATH"
/17 = "HATRED"
/18 = "SCUM"
/19 = "ACCIDENT"
/20 = "JAIL"
/21 = "STINK"
/22 = "TORTURE"
/23 = "CRASH"
/24 = "FILTH"
</item>
<item PleasantPrimes>
/1 = "HONOR"
/2 = "LUCKY"
/3 = "DIAMOND"
/4 = "LOYAL"
/5 = "FREEDOM"
/6 = "RAINBOW"
/7 = "LOVE"
/8 = "HONEST"
/9 = "PEACE"
/10 = "HEAVEN"
/11 = "PLEASURE"
/12 = "FAMILY"
/13 = "DIPLOMA"
/14 = "KISS"
/15 = "CHEER"
/16 = "HEALTH"
/17 = "FRIEND"
/18 = "CARESS"
/19 = "SUNSET"
/20 = "HAPPY"
/21 = "MIRACLE"
/22 = "SUNRISE"
/23 = "PARADISE"
/24 = "VACATION"
</item>
<item UnpleasantTargets>
/1 = "EVIL"
/2 = "CANCER"
/3 = "SICKNESS"
/4 = "DISASTER"
/5 = "POVERTY"
/6 = "VOMIT"
/7 = "BOMB"
/8 = "ROTTEN"
/9 = "ABUSE"
/10 = "MURDER"
/11 = "ASSAULT"
/12 = "SLIME"
/13 = "DIVORCE"
/14 = "POISON"
/15 = "KILL"
/16 = "DEATH"
/17 = "HATRED"
/18 = "SCUM"
/19 = "ACCIDENT"
/20 = "JAIL"
/21 = "STINK"
/22 = "TORTURE"
/23 = "CRASH"
/24 = "FILTH"
</item>
<item PleasantTargets>
/1 = "HONOR"
/2 = "LUCKY"
/3 = "DIAMOND"
/4 = "LOYAL"
/5 = "FREEDOM"
/6 = "RAINBOW"
/7 = "LOVE"
/8 = "HONEST"
/9 = "PEACE"
/10 = "HEAVEN"
/11 = "PLEASURE"
/12 = "FAMILY"
/13 = "DIPLOMA"
/14 = "KISS"
/15 = "CHEER"
/16 = "HEALTH"
/17 = "FRIEND"
/18 = "CARESS"
/19 = "SUNSET"
/20 = "HAPPY"
/21 = "MIRACLE"
/22 = "SUNRISE"
/23 = "PARADISE"
/24 = "VACATION"
</item>
What I'm trying to adapt in my script is that I'd like to have (a) a smaller number of primes that don't serve as target words and (b) for primes to be paired equally with positive and negative valence targets. Here's how I tried to adapt this code to achieve this result (I just repeated a smaller number of primes over and over in a list):
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<item UnpleasantPrimes>
/1 = "MURDER"
/2 = "KILL"
/3 = "FAULT"
/4 = "LATE"
/5 = "MURDER"
/6 = "KILL"
/7 = "FAULT"
/8 = "LATE"
/9 = "MURDER"
/10 = "KILL"
/11 = "FAULT"
/12 = "LATE"
/13 = "MURDER"
/14 = "KILL"
/15 = "FAULT"
/16 = "LATE"
/17 = "MURDER"
/18 = "KILL"
/19 = "FAULT"
/20 = "LATE"
/21 = "MURDER"
/22 = "KILL"
/23 = "FAULT"
/24 = "LATE"
</item>
<item PleasantPrimes>
/1 = "HAPPY"
/2 = "LOVE"
/3 = "NICE"
/4 = "LUNCH"
/5 = "HAPPY"
/6 = "LOVE"
/7 = "NICE"
/8 = "LUNCH"
/9 = "HAPPY"
/10 = "LOVE"
/11 = "NICE"
/12 = "LUNCH"
/13 = "HAPPY"
/14 = "LOVE"
/15 = "NICE"
/16 = "LUNCH"
/17 = "HAPPY"
/18 = "LOVE"
/19 = "NICE"
/20 = "LUNCH"
/21 = "HAPPY"
/22 = "LOVE"
/23 = "NICE"
/24 = "LUNCH"
</item>
<item UnpleasantTargets>
/1 = "EVIL"
/2 = "FORGET"
/3 = "STUPID"
/4 = "WORRY"
/5 = "POVERTY"
/6 = "VOMIT"
/7 = "IDIOT"
/8 = "ROTTEN"
/9 = "HEADACHE"
/10 = "LOUSY"
/11 = "DEVIL"
/12 = "SLIME"
/13 = "DIVORCE"
/14 = "FAILURE"
/15 = "FRAUD"
/16 = "TERRIBLE"
/17 = "POLLUTE"
/18 = "SCUM"
/19 = "UGLY"
/20 = "HUMILIATE"
/21 = "STINK"
/22 = "WASTE"
/23 = "SNOB"
/24 = "FILTH"
</item>
<item PleasantTargets>
/1 = "SWEET"
/2 = "LUCKY"
/3 = "THANKFUL"
/4 = "PRETTY"
/5 = "FREEDOM"
/6 = "RAINBOW"
/7 = "GREAT"
/8 = "HONEST"
/9 = "PEACE"
/10 = "HEAVEN"
/11 = "PLEASURE"
/12 = "EASY"
/13 = "TRUTH"
/14 = "FRIEND"
/15 = "CHEER"
/16 = "HOPE"
/17 = "WONDERFUL"
/18 = "HUMOR"
/19 = "SUNSET"
/20 = "TERRIFIC"
/21 = "MIRACLE"
/22 = "SUNRISE"
/23 = "PARADISE"
/24 = "VACATION"
</item>
This strategy didn't work because a prime like "MURDER" isn't always equally paired with positive and negative targets. Theoretically, it should be paired with positive targets 3 times and negative targets 3 times during the test block of the experiment.
Can anyone help me adapt this script to make sure that primes are paired with positive and negative targets equally often?
Andrew
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