Chapter 1. Introduction

What Do You Look Like?

Why are we asking this? This is really just for fun. We’re building an avatar that will follow you throughout this program. And your future imaginary baby will be created from a combination of your chosen characteristics plus those of your partner. You don’t have to answer this honestly, although that may be fun! You can have any look that you want. Just remember, however, that you will have to live with this avatar throughout the semester.

1.1 Avatar Editor Player

What Are You Like?

model.userSexValue == "Male"

Your personality and cognitive traits are important in terms of your own thinking, feelings, and behaviors as an individual. Scientists break up our intelligence and personality into different aspects—including a variety of factors including our level of interest in excitement, our level of moodiness, to our different types of intellectual skills. These aspects are also something you pass to your offspring through genes and your interactions with your child. These questions measure in an informal way—some of the different parts of your personality but they shouldn’t be confused with an official intelligence or personality test.

Please respond to the following statements using the provided scale to determine how much each statement reflects you as compared to others.

Be sure to move the slider. If you want to keep the initial slider setting, you will need to move the slider off that point and move it back.

Remember that this isn’t a real evaluation of what you’re really like. This is just for fun—and to help you see how these intellectual and personality characteristics may (or may not) end up in your offspring.

Here's How You Scored

model.userSexValue == "Female"

model.userSexValue == "Male"

How’d you do? Check out your scores below to see who your virtual self will be! Remember that these are just aspects of your personality and intelligence—and that this is not any kind of formal testing. Just because this report says you are “smart” or “not so smart” doesn’t really mean that that is reflecting who you are. This is just a result of some of the clicks you reported on the previous page. We ask for this information to show you—as the program goes along—how some of your personality and intelligence characteristics may impact how you raise your child and what your child’s intelligence and personality end up to be.

Your Better Half...or Not

Now that we’ve gotten to know a little bit about you, we need to learn more about what sort of relationship you are in. Remember, this is all just for fun. You can choose the characteristics of your real-life partner, or make someone up. This customization is just so you can see how your partner’s genetic characteristics do (or do not) influence your child.

You will also have the option to be single or in an opposite or same-sex relationship. If you are single or in a same-sex relationship your partner won’t be the biological parent to your child, so you will need to choose a profile from a sperm bank or from a surrogate mother who will provide the egg for the child you will raise in the program.

Remember, this is all just for fun. You can choose the characteristics of your real-life partner or make someone up or choose an identity from one of our pre-programmed profiles.

Your Child's Other Biological Parent

Your Better Half

Now let’s find out more about your partner.

Question

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How old is your partner?

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true

{true} setModel("partnerAge", qqMC2)

{qqMC2 == 0} setModel("partnerAgeValue", 18)

{qqMC2 == 1} setModel("partnerAgeValue", 19 + model.r6)

{qqMC2 == 2} setModel("partnerAgeValue", 25 + model.r6)

{qqMC2 == 3} setModel("partnerAgeValue", 31 + model.r5)

{qqMC2 == 4} setModel("partnerAgeValue", 36 + model.r5)

{qqMC2 == 5} setModel("partnerAgeValue", 41 + model.r5)

{qqMC2 == 6} setModel("partnerAgeValue", 46 + model.r5)

{qqMC1 == 0} setModel("partnerSex", "Male")

{qqMC1 == 1} setModel("partnerSex", "Female")

{true} setModel("track_Intro_Q7", "Partner age and gender")

{true} setModel("track_Intro_Q7_resp", model.partnerAgeValue + " and " + model.partnerSex)

{model.partnerSex == "Male"} setModel("partnerGuyGirl", "guy")

{model.partnerSex == "Female"} setModel("partnerGuyGirl", "girl")

{model.partnerSex == "Male"} setModel("partnerSelf", "himself")

{model.partnerSex == "Female"} setModel("partnerSelf", "herself")

{model.partnerSex == "Male"} setModel("partnerHeSheCap", "He")

{model.partnerSex == "Female"} setModel("partnerHeSheCap", "She")

{model.partnerSex == "Male"} setModel("partnerHeShe", "he")

{model.partnerSex == "Female"} setModel("partnerHeShe", "she")

{model.partnerSex == "Male"} setModel("partnerHimHer", "him")

{model.partnerSex == "Female"} setModel("partnerHimHer", "her")

{model.partnerSex == "Male"} setModel("partnerHisHerCap", "His")

{model.partnerSex == "Female"} setModel("partnerHisHerCap", "Her")

{model.partnerSex == "Male"} setModel("partnerHisHer", "his")

{model.partnerSex == "Female"} setModel("partnerHisHer", "her")

{model.partnerSex == "Female"} setModel("partnerLeave", "maternity")

{model.partnerSex == "Male"} setModel("partnerLeave", "paternity")

{model.userSexValue == "Male" && model.partnerSex == "Male"} setModel("GayMan", "true")

{model.userSexValue == "Male" && model.partnerSex == "Male"} setModel("Gay", "true")

{model.userSexValue == "Female" && model.partnerSex == "Female"} setModel("GayWoman", "true")

{model.userSexValue == "Female" && model.partnerSex == "Female"} setModel("Gay", "true")

{model.userSexValue == "Female"} setModel("donorSex", "Male")

{model.userSexValue == "Male"} setModel("donorSex", "Female")

{model.donorSex == "Male"} setModel("donorSpermSurrogate", "donor")

{model.donorSex == "Female"} setModel("donorSpermSurrogate", "surrogate")

{model.donorSex == "Male"} setModel("donorSpermSurrogate_long", "sperm donor")

{model.donorSex == "Female"} setModel("donorSpermSurrogate_long", "surrogate mother")

{model.donorSex == "Male"} setModel("donorSpermSurrogate_long_cap", "Sperm Donor")

{model.donorSex == "Female"} setModel("donorSpermSurrogate_long_cap", "Surrogate Mother")

{model.donorSex == "Male"} setModel("donorSpermSurrogate_cap", "Sperm donor")

{model.donorSex == "Female"} setModel("donorSpermSurrogate_cap", "Surrogate mother")

{model.userSexValue == "Male" && model.GayMan == "false"} setModel("Mother", "partner")

{model.GayMan == "true"} setModel("Mother", "donor")

{model.userSexValue == "Female" && model.GayWoman == "false"} setModel("Mother", "user")

{model.GayWoman == "true"} setModel("Mother", "user")

{model.userSingleFemale == "true"} setModel("Mother", "user")

{model.GayWoman == "true"} setModel("Mother", "user")

{model.userSingleMale == "true"} setModel("Mother", "donor")

{true} setModel("donorSex", "")

{model.GayWoman == "true" || model.userSingleFemale == "true"} setModel("donorSex", "Male")

{model.GayMan == "true" || model.userSingleMale == "true"} setModel("donorSex", "Female")

{model.Mother == "user"} setModel("motherAgeValue", model.userAgeValue)

{model.Mother == "partner"} setModel("motherAgeValue", model.partnerAgeValue)

{model.Mother == "donor"} setModel("motherAgeValue", model.donorAgeValue)

{model.Mother == "user" && model.userSingleFemale == "false" && model.GayWoman == "false"} setModel("Father", "partner")

{model.Mother == "user" && model.userSingleFemale == "true"} setModel("Father", "donor")

{model.Mother == "user" && model.GayWoman == "true"} setModel("Father", "donor")

{model.Mother == "partner"} setModel("Father", "user")

{model.donorSex == "Female"} setModel("donorHeSheCap", "She")

{model.donorSex == "Male"} setModel("donorHeSheCap", "He")

{model.donorSex == "Female"} setModel("donorHisHer", "her")

{model.donorSex == "Male"} setModel("donorHisHer", "his")

{model.donorSex == "Female"} setModel("donorHisHerCap", "Her")

{model.donorSex == "Male"} setModel("donorHisHerCap", "His")

{model.donorSex == "Female"} setModel("donorHimHer", "her")

{model.donorSex == "Male"} setModel("donorHimHer", "him")

{model.donorSex == "Female"} setModel("donorHeShe", "she")

{model.donorSex == "Male"} setModel("donorHeShe", "he")

{model.donorSex == "Female"} setModel("donorSelf", "herself")

{model.donorSex == "Male"} setModel("donorSelf", "himself")

{model.donorSex == "Female"} setModel("donorGuyGirl", "girl")

{model.donorSex == "Male"} setModel("donorGuyGirl", "guy")

{true} setModel("r6", Math.floor(Math.random()*6))

Create My Own Partner

I8A

Pick a Partner from a Pre-Programmed Profile

I8B_new

model.Relationship != "single"

Your Child's Other Biological Parent

Getting to Know Your Partner

Customizing Your Partner's Avatar

1.2 Avatar Editor Partner

{model.donorSpermSurrogate_cap}'s Demographics and Appearance

Can you let us know a little more about the {model.donorSpermSurrogate} or the biological parent you have in mind to contribute to your future child?

What Do They Look Like?

Now you need to create an avatar for your {model.donorSpermSurrogate}. Remember your future child will be created from a combination of your avatar and the one that you are creating for your {model.donorSpermSurrogate}.

1.3 Avatar Editor {model.donorSpermSurrogate_cap}

What Is Your {model.donorSpermSurrogate_long_cap} Like?

model.donorSex == "Female"

model.donorSex == "Male"

The personality and cognitive traits you select for your child's {model.donorSpermSurrogate} can also be passed on to your child, giving you an opportunity to see how genes—and the environment a child is raised in—affect the development of a child. Please respond to the following statements using the provided scale to determine how much each statement reflects your child's other biological parent.

Remember that this isn’t a real evaluation of what your child's other biological parent is really like. This is just for fun—and to help you see how these intellectual and personality characteristics may (or may not) end up in your offspring.

Pick a Biological Parent... Just One

You have been given several profiles of potential {model.donorSpermSurrogate}s. Remember that these are just for fun—and to help you see how these intellectual and personality characteristics may (or may not) end up in your offspring through your {model.donorSpermSurrogate}'s genes.

{model.donorName1} model.r7 == 1 {model.donorName1} model.r7 == 2 {model.donorName1} model.r7 == 3 {model.donorName1} model.r7 == 4 {model.donorName1} model.r7 == 5 {model.donorName1} model.r7 == 6 {model.donorName1} model.r7 == 7	{model.donorName2} model.r7 == 1 {model.donorName2} model.r7 == 2 {model.donorName2} model.r7 == 3 {model.donorName2} model.r7 == 4 {model.donorName2} model.r7 == 5 {model.donorName2} model.r7 == 6 {model.donorName2} model.r7 == 7	{model.donorName3} model.r7 == 1 {model.donorName3} model.r7 == 2 {model.donorName3} model.r7 == 3 {model.donorName3} model.r7 == 4 {model.donorName3} model.r7 == 5 {model.donorName3} model.r7 == 6 {model.donorName3} model.r7 == 7
{model.donorName4} model.r7 == 1 {model.donorName4} model.r7 == 2 {model.donorName4} model.r7 == 3 {model.donorName4} model.r7 == 4 {model.donorName4} model.r7 == 5 {model.donorName4} model.r7 == 6 {model.donorName4} model.r7 == 7	{model.donorName5} model.r7 == 1 {model.donorName5} model.r7 == 2 {model.donorName5} model.r7 == 3 {model.donorName5} model.r7 == 4 {model.donorName5} model.r7 == 5 {model.donorName5} model.r7 == 6 {model.donorName5} model.r7 == 7	{model.donorName6} model.r7 == 1 {model.donorName6} model.r7 == 2 {model.donorName6} model.r7 == 3 {model.donorName6} model.r7 == 4 {model.donorName6} model.r7 == 5 {model.donorName6} model.r7 == 6 {model.donorName6} model.r7 == 7

model.donorSex == "Female"

{model.donorName1} model.r7 == 1 {model.donorName1} model.r7 == 2 {model.donorName1} model.r7 == 3 {model.donorName1} model.r7 == 4 {model.donorName1} model.r7 == 5 {model.donorName1} model.r7 == 6 {model.donorName1} model.r7 == 7	{model.donorName2} model.r7 == 1 {model.donorName2} model.r7 == 2 {model.donorName2} model.r7 == 3 {model.donorName2} model.r7 == 4 {model.donorName2} model.r7 == 5 {model.donorName2} model.r7 == 6 {model.donorName2} model.r7 == 7	{model.donorName3} model.r7 == 1 {model.donorName3} model.r7 == 2 {model.donorName3} model.r7 == 3 {model.donorName3} model.r7 == 4 {model.donorName3} model.r7 == 5 {model.donorName3} model.r7 == 6 {model.donorName3} model.r7 == 7
{model.donorName4} model.r7 == 1 {model.donorName4} model.r7 == 2 {model.donorName4} model.r7 == 3 {model.donorName4} model.r7 == 4 {model.donorName4} model.r7 == 5 {model.donorName4} model.r7 == 6 {model.donorName4} model.r7 == 7	{model.donorName5} model.r7 == 1 {model.donorName5} model.r7 == 2 {model.donorName5} model.r7 == 3 {model.donorName5} model.r7 == 4 {model.donorName5} model.r7 == 5 {model.donorName5} model.r7 == 6 {model.donorName5} model.r7 == 7	{model.donorName6} model.r7 == 1 {model.donorName6} model.r7 == 2 {model.donorName6} model.r7 == 3 {model.donorName6} model.r7 == 4 {model.donorName6} model.r7 == 5 {model.donorName6} model.r7 == 6 {model.donorName6} model.r7 == 7

model.donorSex == "Male"

Here's How Your Child's Other Biological Parent Scored

model.donorSex == "Female"

model.donorSex == "Male"

Pick a Partner... Just One

We’ve come up with some options for you to choose from. Remember that these are just for fun—and to help you see how these intellectual and personality characteristics may (or may not) end up in your offspring.

{true} setModel("r7", Math.floor(Math.random()*7 + 1)) {model.partnerName1} model.r7 == 1 {model.partnerName1} model.r7 == 2 {model.partnerName1} model.r7 == 3 {model.partnerName1} model.r7 == 4 {model.partnerName1} model.r7 == 5 {model.partnerName1} model.r7 == 6 {model.partnerName1} model.r7 == 7	{true} setModel("r7", Math.floor(Math.random()*7 + 1)) {model.partnerName2} model.r7 == 1 {model.partnerName2} model.r7 == 2 {model.partnerName2} model.r7 == 3 {model.partnerName2} model.r7 == 4 {model.partnerName2} model.r7 == 5 {model.partnerName2} model.r7 == 6 {model.partnerName2} model.r7 == 7	{true} setModel("r7", Math.floor(Math.random()*7 + 1)) {model.partnerName3} model.r7 == 1 {model.partnerName3} model.r7 == 2 {model.partnerName3} model.r7 == 3 {model.partnerName3} model.r7 == 4 {model.partnerName3} model.r7 == 5 {model.partnerName3} model.r7 == 6 {model.partnerName3} model.r7 == 7
{true} setModel("r7", Math.floor(Math.random()*7 + 1)) {model.partnerName4} model.r7 == 1 {model.partnerName4} model.r7 == 2 {model.partnerName4} model.r7 == 3 {model.partnerName4} model.r7 == 4 {model.partnerName4} model.r7 == 5 {model.partnerName4} model.r7 == 6 {model.partnerName4} model.r7 == 7	{true} setModel("r7", Math.floor(Math.random()*7 + 1)) {model.partnerName5} model.r7 == 1 {model.partnerName5} model.r7 == 2 {model.partnerName5} model.r7 == 3 {model.partnerName5} model.r7 == 4 {model.partnerName5} model.r7 == 5 {model.partnerName5} model.r7 == 6 {model.partnerName5} model.r7 == 7	{true} setModel("r7", Math.floor(Math.random()*7 + 1)) {model.partnerName6} model.r7 == 1 {model.partnerName6} model.r7 == 2 {model.partnerName6} model.r7 == 3 {model.partnerName6} model.r7 == 4 {model.partnerName6} model.r7 == 5 {model.partnerName6} model.r7 == 6 {model.partnerName6} model.r7 == 7

model.partnerSex == "Female"

{model.partnerName1} model.r7 == 1 {model.partnerName1} model.r7 == 2 {model.partnerName1} model.r7 == 3 {model.partnerName1} model.r7 == 4 {model.partnerName1} model.r7 == 5 {model.partnerName1} model.r7 == 6 {model.partnerName1} model.r7 == 7	{model.partnerName2} model.r7 == 1 {model.partnerName2} model.r7 == 2 {model.partnerName2} model.r7 == 3 {model.partnerName2} model.r7 == 4 {model.partnerName2} model.r7 == 5 {model.partnerName2} model.r7 == 6 {model.partnerName2} model.r7 == 7	{model.partnerName3} model.r7 == 1 {model.partnerName3} model.r7 == 2 {model.partnerName3} model.r7 == 3 {model.partnerName3} model.r7 == 4 {model.partnerName3} model.r7 == 5 {model.partnerName3} model.r7 == 6 {model.partnerName3} model.r7 == 7
{model.partnerName4} model.r7 == 1 {model.partnerName4} model.r7 == 2 {model.partnerName4} model.r7 == 3 {model.partnerName4} model.r7 == 4 {model.partnerName4} model.r7 == 5 {model.partnerName4} model.r7 == 6 {model.partnerName4} model.r7 == 7	{model.partnerName5} model.r7 == 1 {model.partnerName5} model.r7 == 2 {model.partnerName5} model.r7 == 3 {model.partnerName5} model.r7 == 4 {model.partnerName5} model.r7 == 5 {model.partnerName5} model.r7 == 6 {model.partnerName5} model.r7 == 7	{model.partnerName6} model.r7 == 1 {model.partnerName6} model.r7 == 2 {model.partnerName6} model.r7 == 3 {model.partnerName6} model.r7 == 4 {model.partnerName6} model.r7 == 5 {model.partnerName6} model.r7 == 6 {model.partnerName6} model.r7 == 7

model.partnerSex == "Male"

What Is Your Partner Like?

model.partnerSex == "Female"

model.partnerSex == "Male"

Remember that this isn’t a real evaluation of what your partner is really like. This is just for fun—and to help you see how these intellectual and personality characteristics may (or may not) end up in your offspring.

Here's How Your Partner Scored

model.partnerSex == "Female"

model.partnerSex == "Male"

How did {model.partnerHeShe} do? Remember that these are just aspects of personality and intelligence—and that this is not any kind of formal testing. Just because this report says your partner is “smart” or “not so smart” doesn’t really mean that that is reflecting who he or she may really be. This is just a result of some of the clicks you reported on the previous page. We ask for this information to show you—as the program goes along—how some of your personality and intelligence characteristics may impact how you raise your child and what your child’s intelligence and personality end up to be.

Here's How Your Donor Scored

model.donorSex == "Female"

model.donorSex == "Male"

Ready, Set, Go!

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End of Introduction

You’ve now come to the end of the first, introductory module. Soon you’ll be the parent of a child. Your instructor may have assigned some study questions for you to complete at the end of this module that you’ll find separately as part of this Launch Pad. We’d love to hear your feedback. Just click here to let us know what you think. Thanks again for participating in this early class test.