Researchers Found That People Easily Acquire a Conditioned Fear Response

Multiple Choice

Researchers found that people easily acquire a conditioned fear response to pictures of snakes and spiders when the slides were paired with a mild electric shock. However, people did NOT easily acquire a conditioned fear response to pictures of flowers and mushrooms when these images were paired with a mild electric shock. Which perspective provides the best explanation of this finding?

A) the cognitive perspective
B) the behaviorist perspective
C) the Pavlovian perspective
D) the evolutionary perspective