Based on evolutionary reasoning, the understanding of fear characterizes it as a functional reaction supporting avoidance of danger stimuli or circumstances (Bubrick, 2014). Seemingly, there exists an inherent connection between discovering danger and responding to fear: if danger, then fear. Considerably strong associations endorse the likelihood of people to agree with the antecedent, which in this case is danger, provided the consequent, which in this case is fear, exists. Fear is real and can happen to anyone either child to adult. Often times it is overlooked and bypassed as just normal behavior, when in fact is can lead to more issues as one gets older. This perspective results in the conventional reasoning fallacy described as "affirmation
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This aspect, for example, Muris et al. (2009) state supports the notion that ambiguous information instigates the “better safe than sorry” goal-oriented strategy. This approach seemingly is functional when threats associated are objective in nature. This derivation means that the child searches for possibly fabricating evidence of a situation safety signals while looking for verifying information with respect to a situation's danger signals. However, when the alleged threat is irrational or flawed, this strategy becomes dysfunctional. For example, a person may deduce that the onset of a headache is confirmation for the presence of a brain tumor or that a trip means they have issues with their body. In the latter case, actively pursuing danger-confirming evidence while avoiding disconfirming information, in essence, serves to sustain or heighten phobic distresses Bubrick (2014) attest that numerous researches have confirmed the perception that many forms of cognitive prejudices affect fearful youngsters and youths. Research consensus holds that genetically based neuroticism increase children’s susceptibility to exhibit biased reasoning. In situations about anxiety problems, biased information processing establishes itself in hyperactive alertness to threats. However, Huijding et al. (2011) state that learning experiences also apply to the gaining of cognitive biases with …show more content…
(2009) study comprised 318 children with a mean age of 10 years. The experiment used the Fear Beliefs Questionnaire developed by Field et al. in 2010 that had ten different item questions. The study used a 5-point Likert scale to rate responses to the questionnaire’s ten items. Huijding et al. (2011) study received 99 participants between ages 9 to 12 years. This study utilized a minimized form of Fear Survey Schedule for Children-Revised tool to analyses the relative level of fearfulness in children. A 3-point Likert scale used in the experiment measured children description of their anxiety towards numerous stimuli and situations. Also used in the study was Visual Analogue Scales (VAS) to assess self-reported global attitudes with respect to each animal where each VAS comprised a 10-cm line with the tags “not at all” or “very much” at each end (Huijding et al., 2011). Children indicated their answer by marking the location on the line that best signified their response to the question of whether the thought the animal quokka was positive or
This aspect, for example, Muris et al. (2009) state supports the notion that ambiguous information instigates the “better safe than sorry” goal-oriented strategy. This approach seemingly is functional when threats associated are objective in nature. This derivation means that the child searches for possibly fabricating evidence of a situation safety signals while looking for verifying information with respect to a situation's danger signals. However, when the alleged threat is irrational or flawed, this strategy becomes dysfunctional. For example, a person may deduce that the onset of a headache is confirmation for the presence of a brain tumor or that a trip means they have issues with their body. In the latter case, actively pursuing danger-confirming evidence while avoiding disconfirming information, in essence, serves to sustain or heighten phobic distresses Bubrick (2014) attest that numerous researches have confirmed the perception that many forms of cognitive prejudices affect fearful youngsters and youths. Research consensus holds that genetically based neuroticism increase children’s susceptibility to exhibit biased reasoning. In situations about anxiety problems, biased information processing establishes itself in hyperactive alertness to threats. However, Huijding et al. (2011) state that learning experiences also apply to the gaining of cognitive biases with …show more content…
(2009) study comprised 318 children with a mean age of 10 years. The experiment used the Fear Beliefs Questionnaire developed by Field et al. in 2010 that had ten different item questions. The study used a 5-point Likert scale to rate responses to the questionnaire’s ten items. Huijding et al. (2011) study received 99 participants between ages 9 to 12 years. This study utilized a minimized form of Fear Survey Schedule for Children-Revised tool to analyses the relative level of fearfulness in children. A 3-point Likert scale used in the experiment measured children description of their anxiety towards numerous stimuli and situations. Also used in the study was Visual Analogue Scales (VAS) to assess self-reported global attitudes with respect to each animal where each VAS comprised a 10-cm line with the tags “not at all” or “very much” at each end (Huijding et al., 2011). Children indicated their answer by marking the location on the line that best signified their response to the question of whether the thought the animal quokka was positive or