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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Behav Res Ther. 2008 Mar 29;46(7):799–810. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2008.03.011

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