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Fear of heights, fear of the number “13,” fear of spiders, fear of small spaces. All of these fears are considered s. While there are many causes of s, one theory uses the notion of preparedness in Pavlovian conditioning. This is a way in which people learn ....

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.... unconditioned stimulus no longer needs to be there for the response to occur in the presence of the formerly neutral stimulus. Given that his response is not natural and has to be learned, the response is now a conditioned response and the neutral stimulus is now a conditioned stimulus. Hence, certain individuals are more equipped to learn some things easier than others are. This ability is known as preparedness. In Pavlov’s experiment the tone was the neutral stimulus that was associated with the unconditioned stimulus of food. The unconditioned response of salivation became a conditioned response to the newly conditioned stimulus of the to ....