Fantasy Proneness

Minimal Fantasy Proneness

Expressions activating this band show little or no fantasy-oriented inner imagery, with content centered on concrete understanding, perceptual clarity, or ordinary preferences rather than imaginative immersion. Imagination appears absent, negated, or only minimally engaged.

Low Fantasy Proneness

Expressions activating this band show occasional mental pictures or imaginative thought, such as noticing visual qualities, picturing events, making up stories, or engaging in simple pretend scenarios. Imagination is present as a usable capacity but not as a strongly absorbing or preferred mode of experience.

Moderate Fantasy Proneness

Expressions activating this band show active enjoyment of imagery, daydreaming, remembered scenes, abstract play, and emotionally evocative imagined material. Imaginative experience is personally engaging and recurrent, though still loosely connected to reflection, planning, or aesthetic enjoyment.

High Fantasy Proneness

Expressions activating this band show a marked tendency to get lost in thought, drift into fantasy, and dwell in internally generated scenes or fanciful possibilities. Imagination functions as a compelling mental space that can draw attention away from realistic or task-focused thinking.

Intense Fantasy Proneness

Expressions activating this band show a highly active, immersive imaginative life characterized by frequent daydreaming, wild fantasy, make-believe, and indulgence in fictional inner worlds. Fantasy is experienced as vivid, absorbing, and readily entered as an alternative to immediate reality.

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