The non-associative model of phobias claims that
A) evolution endowed humans not to respond fearfully to any kind of stimulus and that learning was necessary for very specific phobias to develop.
B) evolution endowed humans to respond fearfully to a select group of stimuli but that learning is necessary to develop the phobia.
C) evolution endowed humans to respond fearfully to a select group of stimuli but that learning is not necessary to develop the phobia.
D) evolution endowed humans to respond fearfully to any kind of stimuli but that personal experience was necessary for a phobia to develop.
E) evolution endowed humans not to respond fearfully to any kind of stimuli and that personal experience is necessary for a phobia to develop.

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The non-associative model of phobias suggests that humans are evolutionarily predisposed to fear certain stimuli, and that learning (through personal experience or conditioning) is not necessary for these fears to develop into phobias.

The Non-Associative Model of Phobias Claims That