We can more easily extinguish a fear of driving a car than a fear of holding snakes.This is best explained from a ________ perspective.

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The biological perspective explains this phenomenon because humans have evolved to have innate fears of things that could have been dangerous to our ancestors, such as snakes. This evolutionary predisposition makes it harder to extinguish fears related to survival threats, like snakes, compared to more modern fears, such as driving a car, which do not have the same deep-rooted biological basis.

We Can More Easily Extinguish a Fear of Driving a Car