Experimental Stimuli Here you will find some of our stimuli from published papers, along with citations.

(1) Abstract, purpose-related mindset vs. concrete, process-related mindset inductions

Abstract mindset induction ** Concrete mindset induction

The relevant paper is: Freitas, A.L., Gollwitzer, P., & Trope, Y. (2004). The influence of abstract and concrete mindsets on anticipating and guiding others' self-regulatory efforts. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40, 739-752.download paper

(2) This winzipped folder contains 19 slightly blurred images of dogs, from an experiment (experiment 2) examining whether motivational context moderates the impact of processing fluency on evaluation.

Dog images, zipped

The relevant paper is: Freitas, A.L., Azizian, A., Travers, S., & Berry, S.A. (in press). The Evaluative Connotation of Processing Fluency: Inherently Positive or Moderated by Motivational Context? Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. , 41, 636 - 644.download paper

(3) Images that vary in perceptual similarity to circular or right-angled targets: and

The relevant paper is: Azizian, A., Freitas, A.L., Parvaz, M., & Squires, N. (2006). Beware misleading cues: Perceptual overlap modulates the N2/P3 complex. Psychophysiology, 43, 253 - 260. download paper