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The Evolutionary Perspective Helps Explain Why the Most Common Phobias

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The evolutionary perspective helps explain why the most common phobias are fears of:


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Mood

A general psychological condition that characterizes an individual’s experience and emotional orientation for hours or even days. Considerably less specific than an emotion.

Charles Darwin

A 19th-century naturalist and geologist best known for his contributions to the science of evolution, especially the theory of natural selection.

Sigmund Freud

An Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Lange and James

Reference to the James-Lange theory of emotion, which suggests that emotions occur as a result of physiological reactions to events.

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