Bennett-Levy and Marteau : Fear of animals
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- Created on: 04-03-15 19:31
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- Bennett-Levy and Marteau : Fear of animals
- Aim
- To see what we're more afraid of/avoid - Move quickly-Move suddenly-Look very different to people
- Procedure
- Two questionnaires, asked about same 29 animals
- 1 - Fear of animals and how close person would get
- 2 - Feelings about each animal
- Findings
- Most feared rat, least feared rabbit
- Animals with more legs, more ugly
- Conclusions
- Ugliness, sliminess, speediness and sudden movement make animals more frightening
- Ugliness judged by how different they are to a human
- Supports the idea that preparedness relates to animal's features
- Strengths
- Different participants answered the two questionnaries
- Used both genders
- Weaknesses
- Told animals weren't harmful, but many thought rats were
- Questionnaires only asked about 6 factors, only few people were interviewed
- Aim
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