22.05.2018 |
magazine issue | 05/2018
written by Arash Emamzadeh
Origins of Common Fears: A Review
keywords:
classical conditioning / cognitive vulnerability / common fears / etiology of fears / evolutionary psychology / learning theories / cognitive theories / personality theories
Origins of Common Fears: A Review
Whether you cower while looking down from great heights or fear looking up to the stormy skies, whether you fear the bite of a fat venomous snake or fear the bite-sized fattening snacks, your fears must have had an origin, they must have come from somewhere. But where? Join me as I lead a tour of our collective psyches to discover the origins of our common fears in the major psychological theories of the last century.
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