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Participants will first fill out the information sheet. Participants completed one of two versions of a questionnaire that asked about changes in their own physical abilities and changes in the behavior of other drivers. The only difference between the versions was the order in which these questions were presented (randomly assigned). The question about reflexes always preceded the question about coordination and the question about recklessness preceded the question about aggressiveness (Eibach, personal communicaiton, November, 2017) In the external-first condition, participants were first asked to judge the extent to which the recklessness and aggressiveness of other drivers had changed over the past 10 years. Participants recorded their responses to each question by choosing on a sliding numbered scale ranging from -5 (drivers today are much less aggressive/reckless) through 0 (no change) to +5 (drivers today are much more aggressive/reckless). After completing the external-change judgments, participants were then asked to judge the extent to which their own drivingreflexes and coordination had [improved/worsened/changed] over the past 10 years. Participants recorded their responses to each question by choosing a number on a scale ranging from -5 (my driving reflexes today are much slower/my coordination today is much worse) through 0 (no change) to +5 (my reflexes today are much faster/my coordination today is much better). on these two items, were averaged to create an index of perceived self-change. In the self-first condition, participants first completed the questions about self-change and then completed the questions about external change. At the top of each page will be the following Please answer the following questions by selecting a response on the accompanying scale. [Question order in the other-change first condition] 1) Over the past ten years would you say that drivers have become more reckless, less reckless, or has there been no change in recklessness? Choose the response on the following scale that best represents your impression of changes in drivers’ recklessness over the past 10 years: 2) Over the past ten years would you say that drivers have become more aggressive, less aggressive, or has there been no change in aggressiveness? Choose the response on the following scale that best represents your impression of changes in drivers’ aggressiveness over the past 10 years: 3) Over the past ten years would you say that your own reflexes have gotten faster, slower, or has there been no change in the speed of your reflexes? Choose the response on the following scale that best represents your impression of changes in your own driving reflexes over the past 10 years: 4) Over the past ten years would you say that your eye-hand coordination has gotten better, gotten worse, or has there been no change in your eye-hand coordination? Choose the response on the following scale that best represents your impression of changes in your own eye-hand coordination over the past 10 years: [Question order in the self-change first condition] 1) Over the past ten years would you say that your own reflexes have gotten faster, slower, or has there been no change in the speed of your reflexes? Choose the response on the following scale that best represents your impression of changes in your own driving reflexes over the past 10 years: 2) Over the past ten years would you say that your eye-hand coordination has gotten better, gotten worse, or has there been no change in your eye-hand coordination? Choose the response on the following scale that best represents your impression of changes in your own eye-hand coordination over the past 10 years: 3) Over the past ten years would you say that drivers have become more reckless, less reckless, or has there been no change in recklessness? Choose the response on the following scale that best represents your impression of changes in drivers’ recklessness over the past 10 years: 4) Over the past ten years would you say that drivers have become more aggressive, less aggressive, or has there been no change in aggressiveness? Choose the response on the following scale that best represents your impression of changes in drivers’ aggressiveness over the past 10 years: **References** Eibach, R. P., Libby, L. K., & Ehrlinger, J. (2012). Unrecognized changes in the self contribute to exaggerated judgments of external decline. *Basic and Applied Social Psychology*, 34(3), 193-203.
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