The participants read a story about an individual who was either a male or female who was diagnosed with either depression or cancer and after that they answered 20 questions about the story.
Þátttakendur lásu sögu um karlkyns eða kvenkyns einstakling sem greinst hafði með þunglyndi eða krabbamein og svöruðu því næst tuttugu spurningum út frá þeirri sögu sem hann eða hún las.