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strangeaffliction

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The fact that the most common specific phobia in children is a fear of animals is believed to be due to ____.
 
  a. the high rates of exposure to animals in young childhood
 b. evolutionary processes
 c. parental overprotection when young children encounter animals
 d. the large size of the animals

Question 2

Unlike adults, children with specific phobias ____.
 
  a. avoid the feared stimuli
 b. do not recognize that their fears are extreme and unreasonable
 c. experience physiological arousal when presented with the feared stimuli
 d. are more easily treated



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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

b



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