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CHAPTER 7 176 Control condition, t < 1 . Compared to the Control condition, the decrease was larger for Exposure + approach, p = .001, power = .93, and Exposure only, p = .02, power = .58, but again, in contrast with the hypothesis, Exposure + approach did not outperform Exposure only, p > .99. It seems that participants in all conditions felt motivated to show more approach to the spider on the post-test BAT compared to the pre-test BAT, but only in the Exposure + approach and Exposure only conditions this was accompanied by a decrease in fear. Figure 2. Pre- and posttest Fear of Spiders Questionnaire (FSQ) score (left panel), Behavioral Approach Test (BAT) step (middle panel), and the amount of fear participants experienced at the furthest step of the BAT (BAT fear; right panel) for each condition. APT Before the pre-test APT, positive targets were rated more positively ( M = 88.16, SD = 8.54) than negative targets ( M = 10.55, SD = 8.64), F (1,73) = 1772.39, p < .001, η p ² = .96. Neutral primes were generally rated as neutral (i.e., 4 on SAM), M = 4.02, SD = 0.58, t < 1, and were rated more positively than spider primes ( M = 1.43, SD = 0.47), F (1,73) = 50 55 60 65 70 75 Pretest Posttest FSQ 25 30 35 40 45 50 Pretest Posttest BAT fear 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 Pretest Posttest BAT step