The manipulation will follow the manipulation of Nelson & Morrison (2005). Participants will estimate their household monthly income on one of two scales presented randomly.
Wealthy scale: the scale will be an 11-point Likert scale with anchors ranging from from 1 ($0–$50) to 11 (over $500).
Poor scale: the scale will be an 11-point Likert scale with anchors ranging from 1 ($0–$1,000) to 11 (over $500,000).
Participants will then fill out the Brief Delay Discounting Questionnaire
(http://prezi.com/ezxfy9drgiap/brief-delay-discounting-questionnaire/);
Participants who choose “not at all” for “I would rather have $1,000 now rather that $1,000 in 2 years” will be coded as suspicious.
Analysis will check to see if removal of these particiapnts alters the findings but will originally run the data with them included.
If our manipulation actually alters the mindset of individuals, we will look for a check on this manipulation.
We will ask the participants, at the end of the experiment
“What do you expect your Annual Household income to be 10 years from now? (Please enter in numbers only)”.
In addition, we will ask
“How much do you think you will change in the next 10 years?” on a 1-7, non-numbered likert scale with 1 being Not at all, 4 being Somewhat, and 7 being I will be a different person”.
This is entirely exploratory and not the focal DV.
**References**
Nelson, L. D., & Morrison, E. L. (2005). The Symptoms of Resource Scarcity Judgments of Food and Finances Influence Preferences for Potential Partners. *Psychological science*, 16, 2, 167-73.
