The procedures we use will follow Sjåstad et al., 2018. Participants will fist be told: First, please provide some basic demographic information. Age: [open text box for responses] Sex: [response options Male/ Female/Other Which of the following best describes you? [American Indian or Alaska Native/Hispanic/Latino(a)/African American/Black/Caucasian/White/Asian or Pacific Islander/other/I decline to answer this question] Thank you for participating in this study! You are making an important contribution to scientific research. We are looking for attentive workers who read all instructions carefully and provide responses to the best of their ability. If you are one of these people, please type: "Yes, I am ready to participate in this study" into the box below. [text box that is not forced choice. Any participant who fails this will be excluded from data analysis]. Next, participants will fill out the Need for Achievement Scale (Helmreich et al., 1978). This was done because the false feedback manipulation has been shown to be moderated by people's need for achievement (Sjåstad et al., 2018). Participants read: Please rate yourself on the items below, by indicating how accurately each statement describes you as a person. [numbered response options 1 - Not true at all, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 - Exactly true; all questions in random order] It is important to me to do my work as well as I can even if it isn't popular with my peers I find satisfaction in working as well as I can There is satisfaction in a job well done I find satisfaction in exceeding my previous performance even if I don't outperform others I like to work hard Part of my enjoyment in doing things is improving my past performance I would rather do something at which I feel confident and relaxed than something which is challenging and difficult When a group I belong to plans an activity, I would rather direct it myself than just help out and have someone else organize it I would rather learn easy, fun games than difficult, thought games If I am not good at something, I would rather keep struggling to master it than move on to something I might be good at Once I undertake a task, I persist I prefer to work in situations that require a high level of skill I more often attempt tasks that I am not sure I can do than tasks that I believe I can do I like to be busy all the time I enjoy working in situations involving competition with others It is important to me to perform better than others on a task I feel that winning is important in both work and games It annoys me when other people perform better than I do I try harder when I am in competition with other people Consistent with the previous moderating effect, we will create a summary score of all of the items. Participants will then fill out the Author Recognition Test as in previous investigations. They read: Below you will see a list of names. Some of the people in the list are popular writers (of books, magazine articles, and/or newspaper columns) and some are not. Please read the names and click the names of those individuals who you know to be writers. Do not guess, but only check those who you know to be writers. If you do not recognize any of these names, click the option at the bottom. [names in random order with 'i do not recognize...' always at the bottom] Marilyn Jager Adams Isaac Asimov Adriana Bus Barbara Cartland James Clavell Ian Fleming Stephen J. Gould Andrew Greeley Lee Gunderson Gay Ivey James Kim Dean Koontz Judith Krantz Louis L'Amour James Michener David Reinking Mark Sadoski Timothy Shanahan Sidney Sheldon Danielle Steel J.R.R. Tolkien Sharon Vaughn Irving Wallace Joseph Wambaugh Bob Woodward I do not recognize any of these names as authors Afterwards, participants will be randomly assigned to the good or bad feedback group. All participants read Calculating test results - please wait. On the screen for 8s. Then the next page automatically moves on to Test Results: Click Next Participants in the good feedback group read: Your performance on the author recognition test was measured as 35% above average. Thus, as an initial estimate, how well-read you are is ranked in the top 15% of the population. with a graphic showing how they rank according to the resto of the population. Participants in the poor feedback group read Your performance on the author recognition test was measured as 35% below average. Thus, as an initial estimate, how well-read you are is ranked in the bottom 15% of the population. with a grpahic as well. On the next page, all participants read: ktdread We would like to know your thoughts about children's relationship with reading Compared to when you were a child: Do you think children today enjoy reading more than they used to, less than they used to, or the same amount as they used to? [Unnumbered response options More than they used to/The same amount as they used to=4/Less than they used to]. Participants who select 'More than... read: How much more do children enjoy reading compared to when you were a child? [Unnumbered scale a lot more=1/somewhat more=3/a little more=3] Participants who select 'Less than... ' read: How much less do children enjoy reading compared to when you were a child? [Unnumbered response options: a lot less=7/somewhat less=6/a little less=5]. On the next page, all participants then read [questions in random order, all on unnumbered scale: Enjoyed a great deal=5/Enjoyed a lot=4/Enjoyed somewhat=3/Enjoyed a little=2/Did not enjoy at all=1] How much did you enjoy reading as a child? How much did your childhood friends enjoy reading when they were children? Now as an adult, how much do you enjoy reading? **References** Helmreich, R. L., Beane, W., Lucker, G. W., & Spence, J. T. (1978). Achievement motivation and scientific attainment. *Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin*, 4(2), 222–226. Sjåstad, H., Baumeister, R. F., & Ent, M. (2018). Greener grass or sour grapes? How people value future goals after initial failure. Downloaded from https://osf.io/ak2xy/?action=download