EPA ratings from D. Heise's social psychology students in the 1990s.

These require reformating fpr importation into Interact.

Fall, 1994
Graph version


 Males Females

E P A N E P A N
abortion -0.96 2.00 -0.17 23 -1.57 0.85 -0.28 46
adolescent 0.09 0.61 2.00 23 0.52 -0.33 2.33 46
adulterer -2.87 0.74 1.39 23 -3.16 0.47 1.31 45
adulteress -2.00 0.32 0.59 22 -1.29 -0.36 0.31 45
AIDS_patient -0.91 -1.26 -1.91 23 -0.20 -1.87 -2.17 46
athlete 2.30 2.61 2.74 23 1.93 2.52 2.76 46
barmaid 1.09 0.09 0.91 22 0.38 -0.18 1.10 40
bathe_baby 1.78 0.52 0.39 23 2.30 1.45 0.52 44
blind_date 1.00 0.22 0.39 23 0.26 0.04 0.07 46
bohemian 0.40 0.15 0.65 20 -0.10 -0.34 0.14 29
boy 1.83 0.78 2.00 23 1.26 1.00 2.00 46
boyfriend 0.77 0.38 0.71 21 2.70 1.96 1.85 46
breadwinner 2.22 2.30 1.48 23 2.56 2.60 1.69 45
brother 2.30 1.65 1.74 23 2.04 1.64 1.89 45
cafeteria_IU -1.55 -0.59 -0.09 22 -2.04 -0.85 -0.11 46
clean_bath -1.70 -0.65 -0.22 23 -1.80 -0.50 -0.46 46
clean_kitchn -0.35 -0.04 -0.04 23 -0.24 -0.30 -0.11 46
closet_gay -0.43 -1.43 -1.43 23 -0.27 -1.33 -1.24 45
coll_student 2.09 1.30 2.00 23 2.28 1.43 2.41 46
conservative 0.43 0.57 -0.62 21 0.25 0.77 -0.36 44
cooking 1.74 0.70 0.65 23 2.18 1.04 0.98 45
cripple -1.04 -1.96 -2.04 23 0.76 -2.20 -1.80 45
daughter 2.09 0.26 0.57 23 2.57 0.80 1.43 46
diaper_baby -0.83 0.35 0.61 23 -0.09 0.64 0.64 44
do_laundry -0.70 -0.48 -0.96 23 -0.98 -0.22 -0.59 46
drinker -0.48 0.09 1.39 23 -1.07 -0.61 1.17 46
drive_childr 0.78 0.78 1.83 23 0.20 0.67 1.87 46
drug user -2.04 -0.91 0.52 23 -2.20 -1.37 -0.26 46
dry_dishes -0.65 -1.00 -1.04 23 -0.58 -0.62 -0.93 45
earring_man 0.22 0.57 1.17 23 0.96 0.83 1.11 46
earring_wom 1.87 0.35 -0.04 23 1.82 0.58 0.56 45
eater_disor -1.83 -1.57 -1.00 23 -1.46 -1.57 -1.13 46
ex_boyfriend -1.00 0.43 0.05 21 -1.63 -0.48 -0.07 46
ex_girlfriend -0.36 -0.32 -0.36 22 -0.17 -0.34 0.23 35
expert 2.55 2.73 1.09 22 2.39 2.83 1.24 46
father 2.43 2.70 1.00 23 2.93 3.00 1.69 45
feed_baby 2.35 0.22 -0.83 23 2.61 1.61 -0.42 45
female worker 1.57 0.48 0.35 23 2.65 1.26 0.96 46
feminist -1.26 0.78 2.35 23 1.28 1.76 2.35 46
fired_husb -1.91 -1.14 -0.91 22 -1.02 -1.64 -1.49 45
fired_wife -1.30 -1.52 -0.09 23 -0.81 -1.53 -0.72 43
fisherman 1.17 -0.43 -0.52 23 1.60 -0.09 -1.20 45
foreigner 0.35 -1.22 -0.61 23 0.98 -0.70 0.30 46
frat_member -0.52 0.26 1.74 23 0.17 1.09 2.41 46
gender_egal 1.13 0.13 -0.00 15 1.64 1.03 0.97 33
gender_trad -0.05 0.85 -0.10 20 -0.53 -0.11 -0.03 38
girl 2.04 0.43 0.65 23 2.42 1.00 1.20 45
girlfriend 2.78 2.17 1.78 23 1.67 0.92 0.90 39
God 3.30 2.74 -0.30 23 3.46 2.52 0.46 46
grandfather 2.91 1.65 -0.91 23 3.00 2.13 -0.07 46
grandmother 3.04 0.61 -0.78 23 2.96 0.72 -0.20 46
Greek_system -0.57 1.57 2.17 23 -0.09 1.47 2.33 45
grit -0.14 -0.82 -0.45 22 0.14 -0.52 0.10 42
homemaker 1.65 -0.09 -0.35 23 1.50 -0.45 0.23 44
housewife 1.70 0.13 -0.04 23 1.68 -0.02 0.64 44
house_clean -0.35 -0.52 0.61 23 -0.41 -0.07 0.57 46
IU senior 1.91 1.86 1.45 22 2.41 1.91 2.24 46
I_myself 2.48 1.74 1.83 23 2.83 1.57 1.70 46
lawn_preach -1.13 -0.61 2.48 23 -1.63 -1.09 1.83 46
lesbian 0.17 0.52 1.52 23 -0.48 -0.65 0.26 46
liberal 0.68 0.86 1.77 22 1.28 1.28 1.35 43
liv_partner 1.82 1.73 0.91 22 2.24 1.48 1.26 46
male worker 1.57 1.13 1.39 23 1.49 1.60 1.58 45
man 2.00 2.04 1.57 23 1.67 1.89 1.57 46
mother 3.30 2.52 1.57 23 3.17 2.50 2.15 46
mow_lawn -0.50 -0.32 0.77 22 -0.45 -0.36 0.17 42
my_family 2.96 1.78 1.43 23 3.22 2.65 2.13 46
no_ring_man 1.04 0.96 0.52 23 1.24 0.80 0.57 46
no_ring_wom 1.17 0.04 0.09 23 1.27 0.44 0.40 45
open_gay -0.35 -0.09 -0.13 23 0.23 -0.23 0.02 44
parent 2.61 2.74 1.48 23 2.96 2.74 1.83 46
park_campus -2.26 -0.35 0.74 23 -2.61 -0.18 0.80 45
pay_bills -1.61 0.87 -0.87 23 -1.41 0.67 -0.72 46
pierced -1.04 -0.48 0.57 23 0.20 -0.07 0.93 44
policeman 1.35 2.61 1.43 23 1.48 2.65 1.80 46
polish_furni -0.87 -0.91 -1.30 23 -0.71 -0.49 -0.87 45
politician -0.91 2.32 2.00 22 -0.42 2.05 1.56 43
pollute -3.23 1.41 0.91 22 -2.98 0.85 0.26 46
porno -0.39 0.70 2.09 23 -2.22 0.67 2.26 46
pre_sex 1.00 1.78 1.78 23 1.16 1.67 1.87 45
professor 1.65 1.91 0.30 23 2.09 2.22 1.02 46
prostitute -0.23 -0.27 1.82 22 -2.27 -1.40 1.24 45
radical -0.45 1.00 2.36 22 0.50 1.00 2.00 40
religious 1.26 0.70 0.48 23 2.16 1.41 0.89 44
room-mate 1.35 0.96 0.70 23 1.71 0.82 1.20 45
safe_sex 3.00 2.09 1.61 23 3.33 2.33 2.02 45
sewing 1.13 -0.17 -0.57 23 0.93 -0.30 -0.66 44
sister 2.18 0.95 1.05 22 2.32 0.91 1.34 44
smoker -1.14 -0.64 -0.55 22 -1.26 -0.72 0.20 46
son 2.32 1.36 1.68 22 2.30 1.41 1.63 46
soro_member 0.50 0.05 1.32 22 0.40 0.40 1.89 45
spouse_sex 1.00 2.48 2.91 23 1.83 2.20 2.54 46
starlet 0.46 1.00 1.15 13 0.55 0.62 0.86 29
stepfather 0.20 1.00 0.40 20 0.31 0.41 0.03 39
stepmother 0.55 0.25 -0.10 20 0.38 0.23 0.36 39
sweep_floor -0.48 -0.57 -0.96 23 -0.55 -0.07 -0.39 44
swinger -0.22 1.00 2.06 18 -0.49 0.24 1.70 37
tattooed -0.43 0.39 1.26 23 0.68 0.34 1.07 44
topless_danc 1.00 0.13 2.48 23 -1.41 -0.76 1.74 46
vacuum_carpe 0.09 0.09 0.52 23 -0.29 0.11 0.33 45
waiter 1.17 -0.09 0.52 23 1.18 0.55 1.00 44
waitress 1.73 -0.09 0.59 22 1.32 0.41 0.93 44
wash_dishes -1.17 -0.83 -0.09 23 -0.56 -0.69 -0.44 45
woman 2.39 0.39 0.61 23 2.43 1.52 1.54 46

Italics = behaviors; underline = major sex difference. Actual Stimuli: a barmaid, a blind-date, a bohemian, a boy, a boyfriend, a brother, a closet homosexual, a college student, a conservative, a cripple, a daughter, a drinker, a drug user, a father, a female worker, a feminist, a fisherman, a foreigner, a fraternity member, a girl, a girlfriend, a grandfather, a grandmother, a grit (rural hoosier), a homemaker, a housewife, a husband who gets fired from a job, a lesbian, a liberal, a male worker, a man, a man without earrings, a man with earrings, a mother, a parent, a partner to live with, a person with tattoos, a person with body piercings, a policeman, a politician, a professor, a prostitute, a radical, a religious person, a room-mate, a sister, a smoker, a son, a sorority member, a starlet, a stepfather, a stepmother, a swinger, a topless dancer, a waiter, a waitress, a wife who gets fired from a job, a woman, a woman with earrings, a woman without earrings, an adolescent, an adulterer, an adulteress, an AIDS patient, an athlete, an ex-boyfriend, an ex-girlfriend, an expert, an IU senior, bathing a baby, cleaning a kitchen, cleaning a bathroom, cooking for someone, diapering a baby, doing laundry, driving children places, drying dishes, eating cafeteria food at IU, feeding a baby, God, having "safe sex", having an abortion, having sex with one's spouse, having sex before marriage, house-cleaning, I myself, mowing the lawn, my family, parking on campus, paying household bills, polishing furniture, polluting the environment, pornography, sewing for someone, someone with egalitarian views about gender, someone with an eating disorder, someone with traditional views about gender, sweeping a floor, tending children, the breadwinner of a family, the Greek system (fraternities and sororities), the preacher on the lawn at IU, vacuuming a carpet, washing dishes.

Fall, 1996
44 Non Greek
Females		 11 Greek
Females		 8 Males
an abusive parent E -3.61 -3.73 -3.13

P 1.20 1.64 0.38

A 2.05 0.64 2.00
an alcoholic E -2.18 -1.45 -1.88

P -1.61 -1.09 -1.88

A 0.27 -0.09 0.13
a bicyclist E 1.23 1.55 1.00

P 0.57 1.09 0.75

A 1.70 2.18 1.75
a body piercing E -0.14 0.45 0.25

P 0.16 -0.09 -0.50

A 0.93 0.27 1.63
a fraternity E -0.11 1.91 0.38

P 1.02 1.55 0.50

A 2.57 3.09 2.50
God E 3.27 3.45 2.88

P 3.61 3.64 3.25

A 1.70 1.64 2.50
a heterosexual E 1.48 0.64 2.13

P 0.86 0.64 1.13

A 0.66 0.64 1.13
a homosexual E -0.07 0.00 -1.38

P -0.32 -0.27 -1.50

A 0.41 0.09 -0.25
an intramural sport E 2.23 2.36 2.00

P 1.55 1.73 1.38

A 2.48 3.09 2.50
being promiscuous E -1.73 2.27 -1.63

P -0.64 -0.09 0.00

A 1.89 0.91 1.75
a rapist E -3.84 -3.82 -3.63

P 1.32 1.00 -0.38

A 1.36 0.73 1.50
a sorority E -0.09 2.45 0.00

P 1.09 1.82 0.88

A 2.23 2.09 2.25
a serial murderer E -3.66 -4.00 -3.00

P 1.70 1.73 1.13

A 0.84 -0.45 -0.13

Spring, 1996


 males Non-Greek 7


Greek 3

females Non-Greek 34


Greek 9



E P A
Internet males
2.8 3.1 2.3

females Non-Greek 2.4 3.3 2.2


Greek 2.1 2.8 2.4
Democrats males
0.3 -0.2 -0.2

females Non-Greek 1.0 1.4 1.1


Greek 0.2 0.4 0.1
Republicans males
0.1 2.2 1.5

females Non-Greek 0.5 1.4 0.8


Greek 0.8 1.3 -0.1
Religious people males
1.2 1.1 1.2

females Non-Greek 1.9 1.4 1.3


Greek 2.3 1.6 0.8
IU basketball males
1.8 2.7 2.6

females Non-Greek 1.9 2.3 2.2


Greek 3.1 2.8 3.1
IU sports males
1.9 2.4 2.4

females Non-Greek 1.4 1.7 1.7


Greek 1.9 1.9 2.3
Coach Knight males
1.7 3.2 2.9

females Non-Greek 0.6 3.3 3.2


Greek 1.9 3.6 3.6
Greek life males
0.5 1.5 1.7

females Non-Greek -0.6 1.4 2.0


Greek 3.2 3.2 3.3
Minority Greek life males
0.5 0.0 0.1

females Non-Greek 0.6 -0.2 0.2


Greek 2.2 0.7 0.9
non-Greek life males
1.9 1.4 1.3

females Non-Greek 3.1 1.7 2.3


Greek 2.8 1.7 1.2
Homosexuals males
-0.0 -0.5 0.5

females Non-Greek 0.6 0.1 0.9


Greek 0.2 -0.2 0.7
Premarital sex males
2.0 1.9 2.2

females Non-Greek 1.2 1.7 2.1


Greek 0.0 2.1 1.1
Pornography males
-0.0 1.8 1.6

females Non-Greek -1.6 1.1 1.3


Greek -2.7 0.9 0.7

Spring, 1997

Note. Too few males and Greeks are in the sample of 36 to justify computing separate means for them.


 E P A
IU men's basketball team 1.47 1.69 2.08
drinking alcohol 0.75 1.17 1.72
the Greek system -0.61 1.22 1.94
living in IU residence halls -0.11 -0.14 0.81
abortion -1.58 0.97 -0.17
God 2.83 3.28 1.50
assisted suicide -0.92 0.86 -0.06
smoking marijuana -0.78 0.47 -0.67
premarital sex 0.47 1.72 1.75
divorcing someone -2.14 1.78 0.97
the Simpsons (cartoon) 0.72 0.39 1.86
OJ Simpson -2.39 0.78 0.47
the Little 500 2.28 2.58 3.14

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Fall 1998

13 males (upper rows), 41 females (lower rows)

Mean EPA ratings

E P A
having an abortion


-0.97

 0.68 0.37

-1.57 1.56 0.43
God


1.82 2.44 0.14

3.48 3.59 1.77
a homosexual


-0.41 -1.06 0.31

0.77 -0.30 0.41
IU basketball


1.90 1.51 2.17

2.23 2.44 2.95
pornography


-0.16 0.72 0.71

-1.62 0.79 1.31
premarital sex


1.48 0.76 1.36

0.49 1.44 1.46
a religious person


1.17 0.03 0.05

2.01 1.43 0.55
a sorority member


0.66 0.10 0.84

0.13 0.15 1.25
a fraternity member


0.30 0.32 1.45

-0.17 1.04 1.79
a college student


2.28 1.56 2.01

2.05 1.10 2.22
a drug user


-0.76 -1.28 -0.47

-1.91 -0.64 0.11
a man with earrings


0.17 0.30 0.75

0.38 0.09 0.61
a woman with earrings


1.15 0.21 0.65

1.19 0.61 0.23
an AIDS patient


-0.02 -1.03 -0.40

0.48 -0.97 -1.11
diapering a baby


-0.34 -0.30 0.21

0.63 0.15 1.01
polluting the environment

-3.73 2.20 1.19

-3.40 1.95 1.65
a boyfriend


0.75 1.27 0.24

2.51 1.94 1.89
a blind-date


0.67 0.02 0.15

-0.10 0.28 -0.11
a girlfriend


2.42 1.46 0.65

2.45 1.51 1.22
a lesbian


-0.09 0.21 0.31

0.39 -0.02 0.43
a liberal


1.11 0.79 0.63

1.04 1.07 1.55
a conservative


-0.44 0.62 -1.04

0.53 0.65 -0.31
the Internet


2.31 2.44 1.88

1.89 3.21 2.30
Coach Knight


0.34 2.30 2.80

0.22 2.55 2.82
a rapist


-4.06 -1.13 0.88

-4.13 1.78 1.71

1999

 

Spring, 1999

 Fall, 1999
  44 females 20 males 38 females 22 males
academic E 1.48 1.24 1.75 1.25
P 0.84 0.32 0.67 0.85
A 0.44 -0.06 0.04 0.73
advisor E 1.93 1.97 1.94 1.55
P 0.96 0.87 0.82 0.61
A 0.21 0.75 0.36 0.44
airline pilot E 1.9 1.6 1.93 1.63
P 2.1 1.66 1.62 1.15
A 0.74 0.47 1.05 0.64
attorney E 0.11 0.45 0.48 0.34
P 2.4 2.18 2.02 1.95
A 2.02 2.23 1.76 1.48
authority E 0.14 0.63 0.54 0.11
P 2.56 2.17 2.11 2.53
A 1.39 1.47 0.71 0.93
banker E 0.97 0.66 1.00 0.68
P 0.88 0.35 0.59 0.87
A -0.41 0.69 -0.11 0.29
barkeeper E 0.89 1.23 0.92 1.53
P 0.53 0.85 0.14 0.64
A 1.83 1.52 1.79 1.51
bill collector E -1.81 -2.15 -1.43 -1.75
P 1.93 1.28 1.29 0.97
A 1.11 1.71 0.78 0.31
bodyguard E 1.17 1.06 1.71 0.85
P 3.04 2.32 2.82 2.54
A 2.13 1.12 2.31 1.31
bouncer E -0.79 -0.92 -0.38 -0.36
P 2.55 2.65 2.32 1.47
A 2.04 1.11 1.53 1.12
champion E 1.82 2 1.93 2.14
P 2.24 2.24 2.27 2.25
A 2.49 2.18 2.66 2.86
church deacon E 2.33 2.44 2.11 2.51
P 0.48 0.75 0.73 0.94
A -0.65 0.44 -0.10 0.26
confident E 2.27 2.09 2.28 2.07
P 1.26 0.86 1.08 0.85
A 0.27 -0.08 -0.18 0.69
confirmist E 0.34 0.48 0.32 0.07
P 0.3 -1.76 -0.37 -0.16
A 0.44 -0.38 -0.17 -0.41
construction foreman E 0.58 0.85 0.82 0.12
P 1.24 1.58 0.97 0.96
A 1.8 2.18 1.52 1.59
cop E 0.29 0.34 0.97 -0.02
P 2.16 2.2 2.10 2.01
A 2.02 1.33 1.84 0.90
counselor E 2.13 1.98 2.13 2.01
P 0.7 0.97 0.99 0.79
A 0.14 -0.22 0.57 0.45
dentist E 1.48 1.51 1.49 1.26
P 0.92 0.67 0.48 0.47
A 0.62 0.6 0.81 0.59
detective E 1.38 0.6 1.40 0.90
P 1.39 1.43 1.35 1.28
A 0.74 0.76 0.76 1.11
disciplinarian E -0.9 -0.95 -0.26 -1.09
P 2.38 2.07 1.89 1.50
A 1.46 1.6 1.47 0.51
employer E 1.01 0.69 0.89 0.43
P 1.94 1.76 1.23 1.66
A 1.13 0.5 0.74 1.21
farm laborer E 1.92 1.57 1.48 1.12
P 0.21 -0.79 -0.02 -0.75
A 1.3 0.99 0.92 1.79
fireman E 3.17 2.52 2.67 2.10
P 2.8 2.21 2.50 1.37
A 3.11 2.24 2.83 2.08
God E 4.04 4.25 3.51 3.68
P 3.99 3.92 3.44 4.01
A 0.51 1.3 1.16 1.59
grandmother E 3.45 3.19 3.17 2.89
P 0.32 0.1 0.78 0.13
A -1.45 -1.85 -1.12 -0.68
headwaiter E 1.5 1.41 1.50 1.22
P 0.34 0.16 0.80 0.38
A 2.18 1.12 2.05 1.89
hero E 3.4 3.07 3.22 3.21
P 3.04 2.58 2.84 2.99
A 2.56 2.14 2.71 2.65
heroine E 2.68 2.13 2.96 2.68
P 2.08 1.78 2.34 1.68
A 2.12 1.31 2.48 1.69
instructor E 1.43 1.8 1.57 1.33
P 1.37 1.7 1.33 1.09
A 1.03 1.3 1.20 1.19
judge E 0.98 0.62 1.19 0.99
P 3.24 2.85 2.74 2.85
A 0.02 0.54 0.52 -0.11
juror E 0.66 0.67 1.11 1.07
P 2.15 1.5 1.66 1.02
A -1.01 -1.09 -0.51 -1.16
landlady E 0.38 -0.19 0.21 -0.25
P 1.1 1.5 1.09 0.76
A 0.08 -0.22 -0.23 -0.18
lawyer E -0.01 -0.13 0.51 -0.07
P 2.41 2.25 1.80 1.85
A 2.07 1.9 1.75 1.54
manager E 0.76 0.48 1.04 0.58
P 1.52 1.62 1.73 1.42
A 1.44 1.12 1.44 1.40
minister E 2.91 2.92 2.76 2.81
P 1.2 1.83 1.56 1.51
A -0.18 0.62 0.31 0.44
mother E 3.35 3.07 3.14 2.93
P 2.57 2.1 2.49 1.49
A 1.62 1.61 1.70 1.73
parent E 2.87 2.47 2.93 2.54
P 3.08 2.73 2.93 2.17
A 2.27 1.79 2.20 1.78
policeman E 0.62 0.06 1.05 0.21
P 2.29 2.17 2.49 1.97
A 1.69 1.3 1.75 1.03
probation officer E -0.21 -0.15 0.17 -0.17
P 1.97 1.8 1.70 1.40
A 1.07 0.68 0.76 0.39
professor E 1.61 1.55 1.72 1.37
P 1.57 1.89 1.69 1.82
A 0.79 0.59 0.82 1.06
prosecuting attorney E -0.05 -0.08 -0.05 0.26
P 2.52 2.48 2.14 2.15
A 2.29 2.29 2.11 1.53
schoolteacher E 2.37 2.28 2.33 1.89
P 1.44 1.59 1.57 1.02
A 1.01 1.23 1.41 1.09
sheriff E 0.56 0.59 1.37 0.68
P 2.23 2.16 2.31 2.36
A 1.12 0.3 1.24 0.89
slavedriver E -3.57 -3.31 -3.38 -3.39
P 2.3 2.22 1.79 1.91
A 2.16 2.29 1.33 1.30
specialist E 1.86 1.38 1.69 0.98
P 1.6 1.9 1.74 1.28
A 1.03 0.82 0.90 1.00
superior E 0.76 0.28 0.54 0.31
P 2.41 2.12 1.95 1.93
A 1.16 1.32 1.16 0.88
supervisor E 0.53 0.11 0.61 0.54
P 1.72 1.34 1.77 1.41
A 1.01 1.22 0.74 1.26
surgeon E 2.71 2.31 2.46 2.24
P 3.21 2.2 2.94 2.07
A 1.81 1.4 1.61 1.68
teacher E 2.11 2.09 2.27 1.68
P 1.69 1.73 1.69 1.09
A 1.61 1.19 1.53 1.25
tutor E 1.81 1.94 2.10 1.86
P 0.62 0.19 0.76 0.18
A 0.09 0.64 0.33 0.74