Low-Threat Condition
Testing in the low-threat condition was performed in the same laboratory as
the high-threat condition; however, all of the testing was performed away
from the mirrored walls. Only the principal researcher and one research
assistant were present. Following screening, participants were asked to
change into their shorts and t-shirt. The anthropometric tests were the same
as those in the high-threat condition but were recorded quietly without any
feedback given to the participants and with no video camera present. In this
condition, the participant waited quietly for 10 min before completing their
anthropometric measurements to account for the time of the confederate’s
measurements in the high-threat condition. Due to the removal of the
social-evaluative aspects of the design (i.e., mirrors, confederates,
additional researchers, video camera, and shirtless anthropometrics with
feedback), the low-threat condition acted as the control group.