Table 2.

Priming Words

Neutral Primes		Threat Primes
ankle	iron	ashamed	joke
appliance	item	blamed	judged
barrel	journal	blushing	loathed
blasé	jug	boring	lonely
board	kettle	class	loser
bowl	lawn	clumsy	manipulate
building	lock	conversation	mistake
cabinet	machine	criticized	naïve
cannon	mantel	dance	neglected
chair	material	date	offended
chin	metal	despised	party
clock	month	disgraced	pathetic
column	news	dull	piteous
contents	nun	embarrassed	presentation
context	office	failure	rejected
cord	paper	festivity	ridicule
cork	part	flawed	scorned
corridor	passage	foolish	scrutiny
curtains	pencil	game	shameful
door	rain	handshake	shy
egg	rattle	hated	silence
elbow	seat	hostile	snub
engine	statue	humiliated	speech
fabric	stove	ignorant	stare
finger	street	inadequate	stranger
foot	table	incompetent	stupid
fork	taxi	inept	tense
hammer	theory	inferior	uninvolved
hay	time	inhibited	unwelcome
history	tool	insult	unworthy
hydrant	trunk	intimidated	useless
ink	umbrella	invitation	worthless