Table 1. Categories used in Experiment 1.

Target	Dangerous Alternative	Neutral Alternative
dog	rat	kitten
swimmer	shark	school of fish
gummy vitamins	narcotic painkillers	M&Ms
classmate	creepy stalker	guy on whale cruise
town council president	gang member	store manager
swallows	bats	robins
real estate agent	murderer	cable tv worker
throat infection	cancer	cold
cell phone	revolver	instant camera
man's son	kidnap victim	neighborhood boy
brother tickling	snake	wind
meeting about party	meeting about getting suspended	meeting about winning internship

Note. The narcotics and snake items were dropped from analysis in Experiment 1.