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pathology! accoding to the extbook, in virtually every case, specific phobia begins with an unusual traumatic event related to the phobia. a. true b. false

Solution

For a long time it was etched in our mind that all specific phobias began with an unusual traumatic event.For exammple if a dog bites one person then that person will acquire a phobia related to dogs.

But now we all know that all specific phobias doesnot begin with unusual traumatic events.Sometimes specific phobia may be occured by direct experience viz

Thus we can conclude that not all specific phobias begin with unusual tramatic event.

So the answer is FALSE