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. 2013 Apr 9;8(4):e60868. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060868

Table 3. Average rating of each scenario on the different dimensions (with p-value comparisons to the survival condition), from Experiment 1b (independent raters, within participants, bonferoni correction p<.006) and Experiment 3 (between participants, bonferoni correction p<.017).

Experiment 1a
Interest Imagery Emotionality Familiarity Usualness Neg/Pos
M p M p M p M p M p M p
Survival 3.93 4.23 3.65 2.93 2.70
Fear & Phobia 3.48 .008 3.85 .03 3.15 .02 3.10 .41 3.05 .03
Mate Selection 3.63 .20 3.80 .04 3.45 .38 3.28 .16 2.58 .62
Incest Avoidance 3.25 .001 2.85 .001 2.55 .001 1.80 .001 4.05 .001
Cheater Detection 3.50 .02 3.68 .002 2.93 .001 2.88 .83 2.90 .37
Jealousy 3.55 .08 3.60 .004 3.45 .39 3.15 .40 2.93 .38
Infidelity 3.95 .88 3.90 .10 4.10 .05 3.00 .78 2.33 .15
Status 3.73 .35 3.93 .15 3.15 .05 3.30 .13 2.35 .21
Pleasantness 2.45 .001 3.30 .001 2.20 .001 3.05 .66 2.15 .04
Visualization 2.53 .001 4.20 .89 1.88 .001 3.33 .15 2.83 .65
F (9, 351) =  10.76, p<.001, ηp2 = .22 6.48, p<.001, ηp2 = .14 16.20, p<.001, ηp2 = .29 5.78, p<.001, ηp2 = .13 8.90, p<.001, ηp2 = .19
Experiment 3
M p M p M p M p M p M p
Survival 3.5 4.33 2.69 3.3 2.89 2.91
Fear & Phobia 3.57 3.98 .37 2.9 3.18 .98 2.49 .90 3.44 .43
Mate Selection 3.6 4.11 .09 2.73 2.78 .50 3.28 .006 3.07 .005
Moving 3.8 4.22 .41 2.93 3.29 .002 2.91 .014 3.02 .72
F (df) =  F (3, 361) = 1.65, p = .18, ηp2 = .01 F (3, 360) = 2.67, p = .05, ηp2 = .02 F (3, 360) = 1.61, p = .33, ηp2 = .01 F (3, 360) = 4.46, p<.01, ηp2 = .04 F (3, 360) = 8.14, p<.001, ηp2 = .06 F (3, 359) = 5.90, p<.001, ηp2 = .05

F statistic, degrees of freedom, and partial eta squared for each ANOVA are presented at the bottom for both experiments, respectively. Comparisons are to the survival condition.

Note. p-values denoted as.001 are less than or equal to.001.