“A lot of our fears and anxieties are learned through communication.” According to this article, the things that we hear may affect us as much as the things that we have actually experienced. In other words, when it comes to our brain, we may react in the same way when someone tells us there is a threat as we do when we have actually experienced this threat. To me, this is vaguely similar to classical …showed first 75 words of 429 total…

…showed last 75 words of 429 total…had met her prior to this statement, I probably would have realized that she is merely a nice woman who has a lot of grandchildren. This article is related to many areas of psychology. It relates to biopsychology because it deals with the brain. It also involves aspects of psychophysics because it describes an individual’s psychological reaction to certain stimuli. Also this subject is a good example of Theme 3, that psychological processes are complex.