Zane has been shocked on 6 separate occasions while making toast. However, he doesn't seem to have developed a phobia toward toasters. Zane's only phobia is toward spiders, because he once had a big spider fall in his shirt when he was a child. Zane's pattern of phobias illustrates the concept of
A)signal relations.
B)negative avoidance.
C)superstitious responding.
D)preparedness.

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Zane's pattern of phobias illustrates the concept of preparedness, which suggests that humans are more likely to develop phobias toward certain objects or situations that posed historical threats to survival, such as spiders, rather than modern, non-natural threats like toasters.

Zane Has Been Shocked on 6 Separate Occasions While Making