Nevertheless, behavioral means are generally adaptive because they are readily available and have immediate results. Listening to music in order to reduce anger does not affect specific variables of the anger, but instead changes our global mood by diverting our attention to something pleasant. On the other hand, speaking to a friend about the inevitability of the event which generated the anger may reduce the weight of the specific variable of controllability. Perhaps teenagers listen to more music because they are in greater need of mood regulation, and have fewer other resources to draw on. Paradoxically, watching television is reported to have little effect in regulating moods.
Some fears appear to be universal.
For example, fear of snakes is commonplace, even in regions of the world where snakes are rare. Similarly, fear of spiders can be found, even in areas where spiders pose no special threat. Fear of heights and fear of the dark are common, as is fear of unfamiliar places and strangers. See also Fear and Development . The fears of the infant, child, adolescent, adult, and elderly differ.