MOTIVATION EMOTION AND STRESS
STRESS AND HEALTH
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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dogs.
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other people.
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guns.
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spiders.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Our brain is wired to be afraid of them because they were a threat to our ancestors. Today, we seldom encounter spiders and they are not a threat to us, but we still have this fear because it is ingrained in our DNA.
Detailed explanation-2: -The leading explanation is that our ancestors evolved to fear spiders, and this has been passed on to us. But there are a few problems with this, point out the authors of a new paper in Scientific Reports. Firstly: only 0.5% of spider species are potentially dangerous to humans.
Detailed explanation-3: -"The current work, and indeed no existing work, has provided evidence that fear of snakes or spiders is innate, ” said David Rakison, a psychology professor at Carnegie Mellon University who researches early infant development.
Detailed explanation-4: -A new paper published in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, reviews research with infants and toddlers and finds that we aren’t born afraid of spiders and snakes, but we can learn these fears very quickly.