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But the claim that people have formed their phobias
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through classical conditioning is almost always wrong.
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Instead, it turns out that there are certain phobias
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that we're specially evolved to have.
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So, both humans and chimpanzees, for instance,
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are particularly prone to develop fears of snakes.
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And when we talk about the emotions later on in the course
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we'll talk about this in more detail.
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But what seems likely is the sort of phobias you're likely to have
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does not have much to do with your personal history
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but rather it has a lot to do with your evolutionary history.
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Finally, the other reading you're going to do