With the JGB market largely owned by Japan's financial sector, no one institution would ever be likely to divest its balance sheets of JGB exposure, for fear of starting a run on JGBs.
However, significant differences emerged within subjects as post-exposure of fear and disgust ratings were higher among expressions that were paired with pictorial stimuli.
Nonetheless, some theories give a prominent role to the hypothesised effects of stimulus pre-exposure on fear acquisition so further investigation of this phenomenon is warranted.
Workers who are aware of workplace hazards may be reluctant to act to avoid or limit exposures for fear of victimisation or job loss [ 25].
It will be harder to maintain the pretence of good relations with Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states because of exposure of their fear of Tehran.
For many of these individuals, drinking itself is a means of limiting exposure to feared situations and thus can be conceptualized as an avoidance strategy that has prevented the development of alternative ways of coping.
A major factor was concerted action initiated in 1956 to reduce radiation exposure of fetal gonads for fear of genetic hazards.
The response to a loud noise, coupled to exposure of a fear-relevant stimuli (for example, pictures of spiders), was measured by the eye-blink startle reflex.
GV: I think it's the lack of exposure and fear of the unknown that cause world leaders, countries and people all over the world to take unwelcoming positions.
In the model of exposure therapy, return of fear is understood as reactivation of conditional threat associations that compete with the non-threat-based associations developed through extinction (Hermans, Craske, Mineka, & Lovibond, 2006).
Consequently, engaging in positive mood induction with imagery before conducting exposures may reduce return of fear following exposure therapy that occurs due to unpredicted aversive events.
