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. 2018 Apr 12;10(1):55–65. doi: 10.1007/s12671-018-0946-8

Table 1.

Examples of ambiguous scenarios in the interpretation bias task

Scenario Pre-set responses
1. You are giving a presentation and notice two persons laughing. What is going through your mind? They are having fun time together.
They are laughing about me.
2. You are about to move to another city. You are wondering how you will like it there. What is going through your mind? I’m hesitant; maybe I will not get used to this place.
It’s going to be fun; there will be a lot to discover.
3. You wake up in the middle of the night because of a loud noise. What is going through your mind? Probably it’s something outside or at the neighbors.
Oh no, there’s an intruder!