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6. Males were found less likely to pick up 10 of the animals than females. TRUE or FALSE.

  • False
  • True

7. There were notable difference between sex differences in ratings of ugliness, sliminess, speediness and suddenness of movement. TRUE or FALSE?

  • False
  • True

8. Perceptual characteristics (ugliness, sliminess, speediness and suddenness) are related to both fear and nearness. TRUE or FALSE.

  • True
  • False

9. What are the two possible mechanisms by which fears are inherited?

  • The discrepancy principle and Aversive stimulus configurations.
  • The judgement principle and The stay away configurations.
  • The attractive principle and The red light configuration.

10. Who found that two to four small electric shocks were enough to indue a phobia to pictures of spiders or snakes?

  • Regan and Howard.
  • Ohman
  • Seligman
  • Cook and Mineka

11. Which one of these contradicts Bennett-Levy and Marteau's study?

  • Seligman
  • Mineka and Cook
  • Regan and Howard
  • Ohman