Are we born with fear or we make it ?

Question

Are we born with fear or we make it ?

Answer 1

There have been studies and we are born with some fears - heights, snakes.  Others we learn - fear of dogs, fear of unknown creatures under our beds.

Answer 2

IT IS A PROTECTIVE INSTINCT.

AND IT IS SOMETHING GOOD.

BUT WE AUGMENT IT SOMETIMES.

LOVE

PLUTO

Answer 3

We all learn fear through life or lack of.

Answer 4

We make our own fear.  

Answer 5

Instinct, Part of the human condition.

Answer 6

I believe we make it, but I had elder relatives tell me scary stories and later in life I told some scary stories too.

Answer 7

i believe it is both

Answer 8

We are born with fear...a child just after his birth cry for food...that is his fear of hungry...

Answer 9

It is something that been given by the God or something else,because when you fear something,you can't even control it.

Answer 10

What kind of fear are we talking about? We "make" few(ie homophobia, hydrophobia) while some are innate(ie death).

The fear we "make" are developed through hurtful experiences.

innate fear like death is in our genes. After all, we are all here to preserve our genes.  

Answer 11

this is depained on your think that what are you think but as i under stand no body can born with fear when our own perents tell use that here is ghost and somebody kidnepd you then a little fear live in our heart then we always fear with that type condition.

Answer 12

Neither . Like everything else , we are taught it .

Answer 13

I think past influences are key to how we view things and our parents just maybe influence us from a young age.

Answer 14

As human beings, and with the exception of the imbeciles among us, we learn it.

P.S.:  Even most imbeciles eventually learn it if they survive their lack of it long enough.  

Answer 15

Like any animal we are born with it. It's a survival instinct.

Answer 16

I have read that the only things a baby is instinctively afraid of are heights and loud noises.  All other fears must be learned.