Are babies naturally scared of spiders/snakes? Is it genetic.?

Question

If so please can you provide a source. Thanks

Answer 1

Arachnophobia -fear of the spiders might be genetic fixed, as during thousands of years meeting with spiders always bring danger.Even senior staff of neurobiology still don't know exact answer. Some of them have idea that's its have biological prerequisites, some of them think it psychological.
One friend of mine has been treated from arachnophobia by good psychotherapist and when I asked him if he is OK, answer was " I don't have panic anymore, but still have horror " At the moment you can check the magazine called "Nature Neuroscience", the experiments result is there.
Genetic memory fixed this fear!

Answer 2

ok we sort of covered this in my psychology class. And in a study conducted w/ a white rat the baby had to be conditioned to be afraid of the rat. Considering that when most parents see their child near a spider/snakes and they tell the child no I would say that children are conditioned to fear spiders or snakes. I actually have 2 real life examples of that. When my cousin was about 1 and a half, he was caught playing/messing with a brown reculse spider. Of course the spider bite him and he actually had to have a surgery (it bite him on the foot). Considering that my cousin at the time that he played with the spider was not afraid of it and after the bite he had/has a HUGE fear of spiders. I think that No babies are not naturally fearful of spiders/snakes. My other example was my boyfriends sister, who was 2 when she purposely walked towards a snake and was biten. Yet again the child didn't fear the animal before but after she did. Hope that helps!!

Answer 3

Well I have seen babies that aren't scared of spiders at all, I think babies and young children are less afraid of things than adults are because they are just learning about things, and seeing things for the first time.

Answer 4

i am petrified of spiders and snakes...they creep me out!my daughter on the other hand delights in spiders and creepy crawlies. she lies on my garden path and watches them cross from one side of the garden to the other!so i dont think its genetic at all it may just depend on how you introduce those things to your baby. I remember showing my daughter pics of spiders etc and i didnt act scared all tell her they were nasty i didnt want to make that disicion for her.remeber babies are a mini you. they copy everything that you do!

Answer 5

No!?

Being "affraid" is usually a learned behavior. Look at kids, they aren't affraid of anything, until they learn it can kill or hurt them!

Stop trying to pin everything on Genetics!

Answer 6

Not at all. My sister and her older kids are terrified of spiders but her youngest (girl) will happy pick them up and (after we stop her eating them) put them int he garden.

Answer 7

My friend brought his pet IGUANA! on a leash! i was sooo scarded . there was a 1 year old there and at first she was scared but everyone was acting like they werent scarded so she wasnt as scarded. interesting question.


I was scarded to deathhh

Answer 8

No.
We are born with only two fears; falling and loud noises. All other fears are absorbed and learned from others.

http://www.drdossey.com/phobias.htm

Answer 9

No phbias are mental and are accociated with development and environment. i will be doing a large page on mental and physical mental disorders. that will clear it up for you.

Yours Danny

Answer 10

no. Until she was stung by one, my little sister didnt mind wasps. She only got to 3 years old to learn why wasps ARE something to be minded.