December 2017
Is Fear of Strangers a Human Instinct?
Is fear of strangers (xenophobia) built in to the human genetic code? If genetic, it would be instinctive and innate. Blinking when something is thrown at us is instinctive. Fight or flight is an instinctive response to danger. Maternal protection of her young appears to be instinctive. But attitudes toward strangers are not uniform. The attitude is a learned response that depends upon our life circumstances.
People living in an environment of scarcity and hardship, such as the In more...
People living in an environment of scarcity and hardship, such as the In more...