PY2 - Bennett-Levy & Marteau (1984)

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What is biological preparedness?
an inherited predisposition to fear cear classes of animals, such as snakes.
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Mineka et al (1980) found that lab reared monkeys showed only a mild response to a toy snake. TRUE or FALSE?
True
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What were the aims?
aimed to investigate the underlying mechanism.
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3 questionnaires were handed out to113 Ps who were attending an american health centre. TRUE or FALSE?
False
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In the first group there were _ females and _ males. The mean age was _ years. In group 2 there were _ females and _ males. The mean age was _ years old.
34, 30, 35.5, 25, 24 and 35.1
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There were notable difference between sex differences in ratings of ugliness, sliminess, speediness and suddenness of movement. TRUE or FALSE?
False
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What are the two possible mechanisms by which fears are inherited?
The discrepancy principle and Aversive stimulus configurations.
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Who found that two to four small electric shocks were enough to indue a phobia to pictures of spiders or snakes?
Seligman
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In the first group there were _ females and _ males. The mean age was _ years. In group 2 there were _ females and _ males. The mean age was _ years old.

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