In this study you will see human and monkey faces as well as modern art and asked to rate the images for pleasantness.
Before you begin please fill in your:
Age (in years):
Sex: Male Female
What nationality are you? Please select a region British Other European North American Central/South American Asian African Australasian Other
What is your ethnicity? Please selectWhiteAfro-CarribeanIndianPakistaniBangladeshiChineseJapaneseSouth East AsianOther AsianNative AmericanHispanic AmericanPolynesianOther
Sexuality - HeterosexualHomosexualBisexual
Are you left- or right-handed:
Left-handed Right-handed
Do you have a current partner? yes no
Please tell us about your appearance. Do you consider yourself to be of:
Please tell us about your status.
1. Think of the scale below as representing where people stand in your country. Those at the top are the best off - those who have the most money, the most education, and the most respected jobs. Those at the bottom are the worst off - those who have the least money, the least education, and the least respected jobs or no job.
Choose a number reflecting where you think you stand, at this time in your life, relative to other people in your country:
2. Think of the scale below as representing where people stand in their communities. People define community in different ways; please define it in whatever was is most relevent to you. At the top are those people who have the highest standing in thier community. At the bottom are those people who have the lowest standing in thier community.
Choose a number reflecting where you think you stand, at this time in your life, relative to other people in your community:
Your education:
What is the highest educational level/diploma/degree that you have obtained? Please select Primary education completed 4 years of secondary education completed 6 years of secondary education Higher education degree: Bachelor (undergraduate)/vocational Postgraduate degree: Masters/PGCE Postgraduate degree: Doctorate (PhD)
Your total household income before tax:
Answer in one of:
GB pounds (£): Please select less than 20,000 20,000 to 40,000 40,000 to 60,000 60,000 to 80,000 80,000 to 100,000 more than 100,000
US dollars ($): Please select less than 24,000 24,000 to 48,000 48,000 to 72,000 72,000 to 96,000 96,000 to 120,000 more than 120,000
EU Euros ( €): Please select less than 31,000 31,000 to 62,000 62,000 to 92,000 92,000 to 123,000 123,000 to 154,000 more than 154,000
Please indicate how much you agree with each of the following statements, or how true it is about you. Please write a number (1-5) to indicate your answer: 1 = Strongly disagree (very untrue about me) 2 = Mildly disagree (somewhat untrue about me) 3 = Neither agree nor disagree 4 = Mildly agree (somewhat true about me) 5 = Strongly agree (very true about me)
1. I might be willing to try eating monkey meat, under some circumstances.
2. It would bother me to be in a science class, and to see a human hand preserved in a jar.
3. It bothers me to hear someone clear a throat full of mucous.
4. I never let any part of my body touch the toilet seat in public restrooms.
5. I would go out of my way to avoid walking through a graveyard.
6. Seeing a cockroach in someone else's house doesn't bother me.
7. It would bother me tremendously to touch a dead body.
8. If I see someone vomit, it makes me sick to my stomach.
9. I probably would not go to my favorite restaurant if I found out that the cook had a cold.
10. It would not upset me at all to watch a person with a glass eye take the eye out of the socket.
11. It would bother me to see a rat run across my path in a park.
12. I would rather eat a piece of fruit than a piece of paper.
13. Even if I was hungry, I would not drink a bowl of my favorite soup if it had been stirred by a used but thoroughly washed flyswatter.
14. It would bother me to sleep in a nice hotel room if I knew that a man had died of a heart attack in that room the night before.
How disgusting would you find each of the following experiences? Please write a number (1-5) to indicate your answer: 1 = Not disgusting at all 2 = Slightly disgusting 3 = Moderately disgusting 4 = Very disgusting 5 = Extremely disgusting
15. You see maggots on a piece of meat in an outdoor rubbish bin.
16. You see a person eating an apple with a knife and fork.
17. While you are walking through a tunnel under a railroad track, you smell urine.
18. You take a sip of soda, and then realize that you drank from the glass that an acquaintance of yours had been drinking from.
19. Your friend's pet cat dies, and you have to pick up the dead body with your bare hands.
20. You see someone put ketchup on vanilla ice cream, and eat it.
21. You see a man with his intestines exposed after an accident.
22. You discover that a friend of yours changes underwear only once a week.
23. A friend offers you a piece of chocolate shaped like dog poo.
24. You accidentally touch the ashes of a person who has been cremated.
25. You are about to drink a glass of milk when you smell that it is spoiled.
26. As part of a sex education class, you are required to inflate a new unlubricated condom, using your mouth.
27. You are walking barefoot on concrete, and you step on an earthworm.
Please fill in the following questionnaire on sexual attitudes. If you feel uncomfortable please feel free to not answer these questions.
In GENERAL, how would you rate your sex drive?
How would rate your CURRENT sex drive?
To what extent do you agree with the following statements:
Sex without love is OK.
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Totally disagree
Totally agree
I can imagine myself being comfortable and enjoying "casual" sex with different partners.
I do not want to have sex with a person until I am sure that we will have a long-term, serious relationship.
I would feel comfortable having sex with someone who already has a long-term partner.
I would feel comfortable having sex with someone else if I already have a long-term partner.
Cheating on a partner is OK.
The next questions involve ideas of dying
How long does the average person of your sex live (if a man guess male lifespan, if a woman guess female lifespan)? years
How long do you think you your lifespan will be? years
for women only (ignore if male)
Do you currently use a hormonal contraceptive (e.g. pill, injection, patch)? Yes No
How many days ago did your last period of menstruation (menstrual bleeding) start? days
Rate the images on the next page for pleasantness...