Phobias are particularly likely to form to objects that evolution has predisposed us to avoid.This fact is MOST consistent with a _____ account of phobias.
A)medical
B)preparedness
C)diathesis-stress
D)conditioning

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The preparedness theory of phobias suggests that humans are evolutionarily predisposed to fear certain objects or situations that were potentially dangerous in our ancestral past. This is why phobias are particularly likely to form to objects that evolution has predisposed us to avoid. The other options (medical, diathesis-stress, and conditioning) do not specifically address the evolutionary aspect of phobia development.

Phobias Are Particularly Likely to Form to Objects That Evolution