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have not yet seen spiders and snakes.
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There are various ethical reasons
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why you can't show babies--
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you can't try to construct
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phobias in babies of spiders and snakes
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but the research she's finding using more indirect methods,
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finds, as one would expect,
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these are what psychologists would call "Pre-potent stimuli";
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that is, these are things that naturally elicit fear and concern.
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And that's all I have to say about fear.
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I want to turn for the rest of this lecture
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and for next lecture next week