NO CONVINCING EVIDENCE FOR A BIOLOGICAL PREPAREDNESS EXPLANATION OF PHOBIAS

Authors
DEJONG PJ MERCKELBACH H
Citation
Pj. Dejong et H. Merckelbach, NO CONVINCING EVIDENCE FOR A BIOLOGICAL PREPAREDNESS EXPLANATION OF PHOBIAS, Behavioral and brain sciences, 20(2), 1997, pp. 362
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology,"Psychology, Biological",Neurosciences,"Behavioral Sciences
Journal title
Behavioral and brain sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
0140525X
Volume
20
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-525X(1997)20:2<362:NCEFAB>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The nonrandom distribution of fears is not as clearly related to phylo genetically survival relevance as preparedness theory seems to imply. Although delayed extinction reflects some of the best human evidence f or preparedness, even this phenomenon is not as robust as it once seem ed to be. Apart from the evidence reviewed by Davey, recent studies fr om our laboratory provide further evidence for an expectancy bias mode l of selective associations.