Both men and animals afflicted with rabies dread the appearance of water or any other liquid; hence the term, hydrophobia, or water-fear.

Those colloids which absorb considerable water are hydrophyllic colloids, that is, water-fond colloids; while those which absorb but little or none are hydrophobic colloids, that is, water-fear colloids.

One type of water fear harbored by many youngsters is directly traceable to an unfortunate childhood experience.

This symptom which gave rise to the term hydrophobia or water-fear is the foundation of the cold water "cure."

This latter possibility seems particularly plausible from the perspective of the nonassociative model of water fear described previously.

The Lewis (1974) study of water fears also tested another variant of the modeling approach, participant modeling, in which the model carries out the feared activity with the fearful person.

We are not aware of any careful cross-cultural or developmental work showing that water fear is innate, however.

Although the modeling-plus-participation treatment was the most effective in the reduction of water fears, both modeling alone and participation alone were more effective than a no-treatment control condition.

Water fear

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