Cross-Cultural Research on Fear Suggests That Because

question 31

Multiple Choice

Cross-cultural research on fear suggests that because

• A) certain kinds of fear occur at the same ages in different cultures, there is a maturational basis for it.
• B) certain kinds of fear were not found across different cultures, fear must be culture-specific.
• C) "performance anxiety" occurred in American children at about 24 months of age and not in Vietnamese children, fear must be a learned behavior.
• D) children were afraid of other children their own age who were from different cultures, there is a biological basis for fear.

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