Interview protocols

A. Primary stimuli -- core experimental situations

The multiple choice questions are evaluated on a 7-point scale of "more relevant" and "less relevant" -- or else "very important" and "not at all important" -- or possibly "very true" and "not true at all".

1. Representational status

Open-ended:

• Can you describe what you see?

Multiple choice:

1. A glossy sheet of paper with patterns of colored inks
   [A flat, two-dimensional object made of paper and ink]
   
2. A representation of something
3. A printed reproduction of a painting
4. A painting of a woman
5. A woman

2. Mental image construction

Open-ended:

• What does the painting depict?

Multiple choice:

1. A woman with long black hair
2. A woman smiling
3. A woman with a varied landscape in the background
4. A road
5. A lake

3. Constructing a physical agent

Open-ended:

• What is the woman doing?

Multiple choice:

1. Looking straight at you
2. Smiling
3. Crossing her hands
4. Sitting on a balcony
5. Nothing

4. Aesthetic immersion

Open-ended:

• Is the picture enjoyable? Why?

Multiple choice:

2. s

5. Constructing an emotional agent

Open-ended:

• What is the woman feeling?

Multiple choice:

2. w

6. Constructing a mental agent

Open-ended:

• What is the woman thinking?

Multiple choice:

2. w

7. Connecting the fictive and the actual

Open-ended:

• What is the woman trying to tell you?

Multiple choice:

2. w

8. The overall meaning or communicative intention

Open-ended:

• What does the paiting mean?

Multiple choice:

2. w

8. The source of the communicative intention

Open-ended:

• Who intended this meaning?

Multiple choice:

1. The woman depicted in the painting
2. The painter
3. The person who bought the painting and exhibited it in a museum
4. The person who made the poster
5. The experimenters who showed you the poster
6. You yourself