title: The development of normal fear: a review.
abstract: This review synthesizes literature on how human and other mammalian young develop fear. After an early attachment period there is a rise and fall of certain fears in an ontogenetic sequence. Observation and experiment show how experiential, maturational and genetic factors interact in fears of heights, novelty, strangers and separation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London, U.K.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Marks
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D005239:Fear; D006801:Humans; D009769:Object Attachment; D010553:Personality Development; D012931:Social Environment