Fears

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Fears Phobias - Is it based on Evolutionary
Memories? 
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The Snake in the Grass

• There is something unusual about phobias.
• Phobias tend to be about a certain set of things
• Phobias for dogs, snakes, spiders
• But Not for carpets, teaspoons
• Why is this?
• Do we have a fear of dangerous things?
• Psychologists have explored this effect in a
  Reaction Time Task.

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Different - animal
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Different - flower
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same - animal
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Same - flower
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Attack Flowers
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Knife Clocks Maybe a learned fear not an
evolutionary one
But maybe it was the BLOOD on the knife!
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Dinosaurs Flowers