Expectations ------------ *Describe the outcomes you expect/suspect/guesstimate for this study and explain why. Estimate the effect sizes you expect to find, for both the mean reaction time difference and the ex-Gaussian fitted RTV.* Previously in the lab we have also used similar dual-task paradigms to manipulate the ego-depletion effect. An example of the tasks we use include the pencil-and-paper-based E-cross task at Time 1, and a computer-based Stroop Task at Time 2. We measure performance accuracy in the Stroop Task as the DV of the ego depletion effect. Previous findings showed that the ego-depletion effect produced in our lab has only a small effect size, and is not very robust. To account for these findings, we speculate that potentially because the E-cross task is a common experimental procedure in our lab, participants may have become too familiar with the task, and acquired training effects or become aware the true purpose of the experiment. In light of this, as the computer-based Letter E task and the MSIT are procedures that have not been employed in the lab (so that most participants will be new to these tasks), we expect to replicate the ego depletion effect. Nonetheless, considering previous observations and findings from studies manipulating the ego depletion in our lab, we expect a small to medium effect size of the phenomenon. Specifically, while we expect greater mean reaction time in the MSIT, and increased RTV by participants assigned to the depletion condition, we only expect to observe a small to medium effect size for these two DV's.