For example, in the beginning you look at a photo of a spider, then after a while you look at a plastic spider and then fi nally, you look at a live spider at a distance behind glass.

• 另一些心理学家却相信，害怕蜘蛛是遗传的，先天的，但如此论正确，男孩和女孩应同样害怕，事实并非这样，几乎具有蜘蛛恐惧症的全是女孩和妇女。