From a(n) ________ perspective, the most common phobias experienced by human beings may actually serve some survival purpose

a) conditioning
b) behavioral
c) evolutionary
d) cognitive


ANS: C, Because certain stimuli pose a threat to one's survival (e.g., poisonous snakes), it is adaptive for human beings to be afraid of them on some level. This is an evolutionary argument.

Psychology

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