Assertion: phobia's fear | /r/HasProperty | throwback
Facets:
value: to an earlier genetic defense mechanism
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Furthermore, in his book Overcoming Animal/Insect Phobias, Dr. Martin Antony suggests that in the absence of Rachman's three causes, providing that the patient's memory is sound, biological factors may be a fourth cause of fear acquisition—meaning that the fear is inherited or is a throwback to an earlier genetic defense mechanism.