Many stimuli are frightening, but some are more frightening than others: The contributions of preparedness, dangerousness, and unpredictability to making a stimulus fearful

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 355-366

  Merckelbach, Harald ^a   van den Hout, Marcel A ^a   Jansen, Anita ^a   van der Molen, G Margo ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

conditioning; phobias; preparedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000316397     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: 15733505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00960628     Document Type: Article

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