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Name of resource: Phobias: biological evidence
Submitted by: Aidan Sammons
Specification details: AQA-A
Other specifications: AQA-B, Edexcel?
Guidance: Biological explanations of phobias.  Students are given a brief account of SANS and amygdala
and guided towards formulating some hypotheses about phobias.  They then use some research findings to
assess their own hypotheses.  The implication of the Hairiri et al finding is a possible link between
genetic and biological explanations - but very few ever get this.