A child who experiences a continuous sense of apprehension for no particular reason is experiencing the emotion that researchers label as fear.

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Fear is a state of arousal caused by a specific and identifiable stimulus or situation. Anxiety is a feeling of uneasiness that has a vague or unknown source. Thus, this example would be labeled anxiety rather than fear.

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