My Spider-Sense Needs Calibrating: Anticipated Reactions to Spider Stimuli Poorly Predict Initial Responding

The present study attempted to answer two general questions: (1) what is the relation between expected and actual reactions to a spider in individuals afraid of spiders? and (2) are inaccurate expectancies updated on the basis of experience? Behavioral and cognitive-behavioral learning models of fea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burger, Sarah Beth
Other Authors: Jacobs, W. Jake
Language:en
Published: The University of Arizona. 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/222891