Davey has failed to clarify the critical evidence that cold corroborat
e the expectancy bias hypothesis and refute preparedness theory. Such
a clarification is necessary because each theory could potentially all
ow for multiple distal and proximal influences on selective associatio
ns. Expectancies are not the only proximal mediators. Our recent findi
ngs indicate that affective response matching may be an additional fac
tor promoting such associations.