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6 APPROACH BEHAVIOR AS INFORMATION 153 Table 1. The informative hypotheses expressed as constrained models for danger ratings. Model Constraints Model 1 μ   > μ   μ  > μ  Model 2 Model 1 and μ     − μ     > μ     − μ     Model 3 Model 2 and μ       − μ       − μ       − μ       > μ       − μ       − μ       − μ       Model 4 Model 2 and μ       − μ       − μ       − μ       = μ       − μ       − μ       − μ       Model 5 Model 2 and μ       − μ       − μ       − μ       < μ       − μ       − μ       − μ       Note. µ = mean; high fear = highly spider fearful participants; low fear = participants with low spider fear; OD = objective danger information; OS = objective safety information; approach = approach behavior information; no approach = no approach behavior information. General scenarios The data most strongly supported Model 1 (i.e., main effects of Information type and Group) and did not show evidence for the hypothesized Group x Behavior type interaction effect, BF 2,1 = 0.04, see Figure 1. Of the explorative models, the data most strongly supported model 4 (i.e., no Group x Information type x Behavior type interaction effect), BF 4,3 = 2.95 and BF 4,5 = 20.30. The data thus did not show evidence