TABLE 4.
Likelihood ratings task: final stimulus set.
| Pain/Illness Solution |
Non-Pain/ Illness Solution |
Status | |
| You wake up and notice how you feel today. You feel… | Sore | Refreshed | N |
| A ball hits you in the face. You look in the mirror and see your face is covered in… | Blood | Mud | OLD |
| Your cousin visits the doctor to get his test results back. His growth is… | Cancerous | Benign | OLD |
| You teach your child how to cut mushrooms on a polystyrene plate. You become distracted and notice they have cut through their… | Hand | Plate | OLD |
| You use scissors to cut out a picture from a piece of paper. Suddenly, your hand slips and you cut into… | Your Finger | The picture | N |
| You notice a red stain on your shirt. You are worried the stain won’t come out because it is… | Blood | Pen | N |
| You open a cupboard and a tin of baked beans falls out and hits… | Your head | The floor | N |
| You are playing sports with your brother; he runs into the house crying because you kicked the ball into … | His face | The neighbor’s garden | N |
| You see your neighbor close her car door and grimace. This is because she shut her… in the door. | Fingers | Coat | N |
| Your mother receives the health-practitioner test results she has been waiting for. Your mother is crying because she has received… | Bad News | Good news | N |
| You drop the kitchen knife onto the floor, it … your foot. | Cuts | Misses | N |
| The wind blows a tile from your roof. It hits your… | Head | Car | N |
| A bee lands on you and … your hand. | Stings | Tickles | N |
| Yesterday your bicycle was hit by a car. You will not be able to cycle for a while because the car broke your… | Leg | Bike | OLD |
| Your Dad is driving you in the car. Suddenly your car hits the car in front of you. You are… | Hurt | Scared | OLD |
| You make an appointment to see your doctor to discuss your test results. You think the rest results will show you are … | Ill | Fine | OLD |
| It is 10am on a Monday and you are still in bed. You are at home because you have a … | Cold | Holiday | OLD |
| You begin to breathe heavily. Your chest is quickly going up and down. You are… | Asthmatic | Exercising | OLD |
Key: OLD = scenarios taken from previous research; N = new scenarios.