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 | – | – | |||||
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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.